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<blockquote data-quote="wihil" data-source="post: 269819" data-attributes="member: 6487"><p>Well, picked up the new rod tonight, and am very happy with the choice. Just want to thank everyone that had a suggestion - I tried every one I could find locally. </p><p></p><p>In the end, I kept coming back to three rods so I tried them all next to each other - a St. Croix Rage (7'MF) (shock, I know), a Dobyns Savvy (7'MF), and the Wright/McGill SR Fineness Fluke rod (7'MF). I really really liked the Rage, but just like everyone said on the web - watch out for the guides. They weren't kidding, I couldn't find one in the size/weight I wanted with straight guides. The Dobyns had great action, but felt heavy in hand. The W&M wasn't quite as light as the Rage, but did have the action that I wanted with plenty of backbone and had microguides- so up to the register it went.</p><p></p><p>The shocker came when they rang it up - $50! I'm half temped to head back tomorrow and see if they've got a heavy weight rod too!</p><p></p><p>Now to go get that reel!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wihil, post: 269819, member: 6487"] Well, picked up the new rod tonight, and am very happy with the choice. Just want to thank everyone that had a suggestion - I tried every one I could find locally. In the end, I kept coming back to three rods so I tried them all next to each other - a St. Croix Rage (7'MF) (shock, I know), a Dobyns Savvy (7'MF), and the Wright/McGill SR Fineness Fluke rod (7'MF). I really really liked the Rage, but just like everyone said on the web - watch out for the guides. They weren't kidding, I couldn't find one in the size/weight I wanted with straight guides. The Dobyns had great action, but felt heavy in hand. The W&M wasn't quite as light as the Rage, but did have the action that I wanted with plenty of backbone and had microguides- so up to the register it went. The shocker came when they rang it up - $50! I'm half temped to head back tomorrow and see if they've got a heavy weight rod too! Now to go get that reel! [/QUOTE]
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