This is rather like asking what my favorite rifle is, it depends on what I'm hunting or the game I'm shooting.....but I'll try.

I'm mostly a blue collar rod guy and my favorite of the several I own is an 8' 6" 323 South Bend that likes a #6 DT Terenzio silk in my hand. Next is a Pocket Water Rods 7', 2/1 that casts like a dream with a #4 DT Terenzio. My first cane stick was an Orvis Madison Far and Fine and it is a good rod but it doesn't see the use the two mentioned above see.