I don't know if there can really be a "best" fly rod. As others have said, what makes a rod the "best", is highly individual, what works well for you, may not work at all for me. I have cast many of the currently popular rods including the xp. but none of them work as well for me as my Gatti FR 905 PA. To each his (or her) own.

Bob

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There is a fine line between fly fishing, and standing in the water waving a stick.

[This message has been edited by Sawkill (edited 19 October 2005).]

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