Quote Originally Posted by Darryl View Post
it lacks "feel" on close casts, which is what kind of casting I'm doing probably 75% of the time. .... I fish mostly small to medium sized streams with an occasional large one thrown in as well. By far the vast majority of my fishing is with dry flies (it's how I enjoy catching fish) but I do cast nymphs and streamers as well.
We have a lot of small streams here, too. If you already have a few 5's I think it would be worth it to consider a 4 in a little shorter lenght. I own several 5's also, but use my 8' 6" 4 BIIX most of the time and have toyed with the idea of the WT in 8' 4 wt as Oregonian suggests. I think you'd really enjoy the shorter rod on small creeks.