Your Saltwater Rods? Why?

[saltydancindave]

For the most fun with ladyfish, pompano, sea trout & snook on the beach in the summer an Orvis Trident #6 with a WF-6-F or the WF-7-I for the surf makes the fish fights fantastic. Although it's considered a little light for the bigger flies & stronger winds that redfish & snook usually require leaves choices of: a Loomis GL4 #8 or a yet to be cast TFO #8, the Orvis T3 #9 which usually gets preference for the flats & mangrove shorelines, a TFO #10 for cobia & baby tarpon or for the even bigger fish an Orvis #11 TL Powermatrix, an Orvis #12 Trident or a Penn #12/13 for offshore. Been considering taking shorter rods like a #7 weight 8' rod to the salt for the backcountry & a couple of 5' + fiberglass trout rods to see how much enjoyment they would provide but never swapped out the flylines on to a salt water reel........saw a new Scott 7' 11"(?) #9 weight at the last CHFF fly fishing club meeting that got kudos from all that had fished it......even for harbor tarpon around 125 lbs.; which might be even better than going to freshwater tackle in the salt