rizeye said,

"again it's not the size of the fish that you need need a 9 or even a 10 wt for it's the big, natural fur flies used to catch these fish. it's a lot easier to cast a soaking wet 7' - 9'rabbit strip fly with something heavier than an 8wt."

I second that. I even like the 9 wt. for Largemouth Bass fishing because I want to use the bigger flies. I have caught enough 10-12" bass on 10" power worms to know that 7-9" bunnies are not too big for LMB.