I caught my biggest striper of the year on a 5 wt RPLXi. A keeper and then some plus a little bit extra.

It really isn't the "rod" so much as it is the size of the flies and the wind. If conditions are mild and smaller flies will work then I don't hesitate to grab the "little" rod. Sage no longer makes a 5 wt with a fighting butt. I would never ever give this rod up.