I from the beginning of flyfishing started with a diamondback american 8' 5 weight and have tried everything I believe since.Hold your breath here we go.Loomis fr904 in glx,gl3,imx,east fork.Sage xp,SLT,SPL,ds2,txl.Thomas and Thomas LPS,Diamondback american,VSR,Classic.Gatti,Redington,St Croix imperial,legend ultra.Winston Wt.
Now the sad thing is with trying all of the above the only rod I still have that was one of the first is the fr904 glx and I have since bought the gl3 on eBay and the east fork in same model.There is one rod I traded for 8-10 years ago for a 3 weight glx and its a sage SPL 743 that has the warranty card filled and sent in my name but the seller wants 400.00 for it and I just can't see spending that to get it back.

The morale to the story make sure what you buy because in today's market it is harder than hell to resell it without losing your but on it.