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.