What's a Good 5 wt fly rod that doesn't cost as much as a rifle?

**jlirot** · 12-31-2018, 08:43 PM

2nd vote for st croix.

LL Bean is always worth looking at too.

HookandHackle.com is fun...

**BCKID** · 01-01-2019, 10:47 AM

2 piece vs. 4 piece

I have both, If I were to choose I would take the 4 piece.

**steel_ram** · 01-01-2019, 11:03 AM

I have several trout rods, including some $500 + ones. Oddly I find myself fishing my Redington Classic trouts more than any. I just like the relaxed, forgiving feel to them. For casting distance off the beach I definitely prefer the faster rods but the CT is far more pleasant when long bombs aren't the goal.

**albravo2** · 01-01-2019, 11:04 AM

Buddy of mine is one of those "live to fish" guys and I posed the same question to him last summer. He gets pro deals on Reddington and Sage and I considered buying a fancy sage but he wisely told me that for my level of experience I would fish the Reddington rod better.

I took his advice, saved a few hundred dollars, and really like the rod.

**frenchbar** · 01-01-2019, 01:16 PM

I like my fenwicks im hard on shit..there a tough rod.

**Salty** · 01-01-2019, 05:16 PM

I go back quite a ways with Fenwick too, spinning rods bait casting rods. Just bought a 10 1/2 foot Fenwick river rod this summer actually when the socs were around. And the Aetos rates well especially for its price on the shoot out Amphibious posted. I like what I hear about the Reddingtons too. Not in a hurry on this obviously, lots of time to think it all through.

**Wild one** · 01-01-2019, 05:50 PM

One of the reasons redington are the quality they are is because it is sages sister brand. The have a great warranty as well. I ran nothing but high end sage for years and the redingtons impressed me

Fenwick makes nice spinning/trolling rods I have owned more then a few still do. Their fly rods are still good and if you have not casted the better quality rods you would be happy with it not knowing any different. If you really like the idea of Fenwicks I doubt you would regret it

**Salty** · 01-01-2019, 05:56 PM

^ Kinda like Leopold/Redfield eh.. huh, didn't know that.

**BimmerBob** · 01-01-2019, 06:00 PM

Have you considered building a rod yourself? It is not that hard and there are some nice blanks available for a fraction of the price of a commercial rod. A few hours of stress free labour and you will have yourself a rod that you can be proud of.

**frenchbar** · 01-01-2019, 06:23 PM

Salty can barely tie up his shoe laces...the rod build might be impossible..��

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