When my son was stationed in Fairbanks I gave him a 9' 7wt. T&T. He used it extensively and was pleased with it. On salmon he used a monstrous old Fenwick glass rod for 10 wt. but even that wouldn't have worked except for having a reel that carried a lot of backing. Day in, day out on trout and grayling a 5 or 6 would be fine.