I would suggest a 9ft 6 weight rod...that will allow you to cover pretty much everything in Alberta with one rod. Then look at a reel or two that you can get extra spools for. That allows you to get some extra lines...floating, sink tips, various sinking lines. Buy a good quality floating line to start with.
With time you can gather more rods from 4wt to 8wt+ like the rest of us addicts
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