... from Western Montana.

You might also want to check out the For Sale Forum here on FAOL. If I were looking for a beginner outfit for trout fishing for smaller water, I would be seriously interested in the linked outfit.

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/s...e-rod-for-sale

dpenrod is a stand up guy. Don't worry about doing business with him. Some folks will say a 3 wt is too light, but if you are fishing smaller water with smaller flies in reasonably calm weather for smaller trout, say under 15-18", it will do everything you want it to do.

John