I used to prefer an 8' 4wt for stream fishing. Now I do all my trout fishing on an 8'6" 5wt Sage SLT. When you find a rod that truely suits your casting style, it is hard to deviate from that one rod. Why squander your talents? For me, the only reason I can justify fishing anything less than a 5 for trout would to fish tiny brookie streams and to enjoy the pull of a small fish.

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