The two I own. One is a blue one and one is a green one. Wait just a minute and I’ll go look at the labels…
Mark
PS: Oh, I forgot, I have a yellow one too.
I’d rather be in Wyoming!
I have more rods than I need but less rods than I want.
Like “E” said, got plenty, but there’s always room in the quiver for a couple more.
There are some grass rods laying around here, some plastic ones, and mostly graphite sticks. They range from 0wt-12wt with gaps at 1wt,2wt, and 11wt. Some multiples also. I thinks most all of the wts got tossed, but surely not all of the rods. Oops! Maybe not the 12wt.
The ones that get used enough to “need” cleaning seem to be a 3wt, a 5wt, an 8wt and a 10wt. Like Dave says, there’s always something to target around here year round, salt or fresh, within about an hour, big and small, so we ain’t real faithful at cleaning’em till we just plain gotta. 
Gosh! What an addiction!!!
…lee s.
I use 5 rods, but I only use 3 of them regularly and only 1 at a time. 
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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These are the idle thoughts that posses a man’s mind when he’s not able to fish.
I have one mid priced 5wt rod . I have 8 different good quality lines for it .
mickmcco because you asked about rod maintenance …
I have a unique method of cleaning my rod as follows ; If and only if it falls in the water (usually while I am climbing in and out of the boat )or it gets rained on . I pick it up and shake the water off of it .
I have confidence that whoever made it has given it a bulletproof lifetime tough as nails finish , but if not oh well .
As needed in fishing season and In the fall I take apart the reel , clean , lubricate and store it till spring .
I lovingly clean my lines regularly after each use .
In the fall
I carefully dry , clean and store my lines on a home made line storage reel .
So basicly I take care of my reel and lines but the rod is on its own .
I probably need many long hours on the couch to correct this misuse of my trusty rod .
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I try to fish them all,At least once…and there are far to many to list here with the limited band width…I may not own the most expensive rods out there…but this is what allows me to have a couple extras…not to mention the backlog of rod kits I have yet to start building…I think there are five that I’ve purchased while in NY…and just did not have the room to build…But it’s winter and I’m back in PA…and I have alot to keep me busy !!!..a couple of these will prolly be my new standbys in the future…as they were sought for speciality pourposes such as tight quarters fishing…and breakdown ability…
And I totally agree with the need for cleaning and care of ones rods…I treat mine with the same respect I treat my guns…
“I’ve often wondered why it is that so many anglers spend so much money on,and pay so much attention to.the details on the wrong end of the fly line.If they took as much care in selecting or tying their flies as they did in the selection of the reel and rod,They might be able to gain the real extra edge that makes it possible to fool a fish that has,in fact,seen it all before” A.K.Best
Everyone wants to excel in this sport but at the same time we let traditionalists place restrictions on our tactics, methods, and ideas. I always assumed that fly fishing was a sport that allowed imagination, creation, adaptation, investigation, dedication, education, revelation? : Fox Statler, On Spinners (Not the dainty Dry Fly kind) “Spinner’d Minner Fly”
“Wish ya great fishing”
Bill
francis.119:
So what team do you follow in F1? Do you go to the USGP?
I did realize something in this post; I ain’t alone . Until very recently I got by with about 3-4 rods and didn’t feel like I needed anything else. I guess I have to kinda force myself to use different rods since I fish the same water a lot but it adds some variety to the same old location.
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I have 5 rods…
8’ 3wt St Croix Legend Ultra
9’ 4wt Scott SAS
7 1/2’ 6wt South Bend 1942 bamboo (fishes as a 5wt)
9’ 6wt Sage VT2
9’ 8wt St Croix Legend Ultra
I fish a lot with the 3wt for gills/redear, & I fish ALL of them, but my 2 favorites are the 'boo & the Sage…I NEVER thought I would be able to afford a Sage, but I won it here on FAOL (Sept '05)—for any “naysayers” out there, there IS something special about the performance of a Sage…LF TOLD me it would become my “go-to” rod, & AS ALWAYS, she is right!..Hey JC…Do you EVER win an argument?
Mike
ps: now if I can just find the Sage t-shirt I want (in the right size), I’ll be SET!
This site’s about sharing!
As far as flyrods go I have 4.
2 5wt
1 4wt
1 8wt
I do lots of other types of fishing also and have a total of 30 or more I guess. I have not counted them lately. This would include light weight spinning rods, the spinning and casting rods for Canadian trips. Then as I have gotton into Saltwater Fishing in FL I have purchased Med Wt Spinning gear for chasing Snook and Reds.
There always seems to be some new adventure that takes special gear…
After you get to 20 or so the wife never recognizes a rod as new…lol
Bill
for trout;0wt,3wt
for bass;6wt,8wt
If you even know how many rods you have, you don’t have enough rods. Right les??
I’ll string up over half a dozen rods for a day on the river (there are 3 of us to supply).
Mostly because we load 9-10 ft 8 wts for salmon and 7-9 ft 5-6wts for trout.
Depending on wind, water levels, friends dropping by, clients breaking their rods, special casting etc, I’ll usually have about 8 or 9 rods to unstring at the end of a day.
When I cleaned out the truck at the end of the season, … there were 18 rods on the patio to be cleaned.
Christopher Chin, Jonquiere Quebec
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lou t - are you talking to/about me?
Some of my best quotes are actually misquotes, but when it comes to fly rods, fly reels, fly lines and flies, how many is quite the existential question, bordering on the metaphysical.
bam - one of the many side benefits of living here in SE PA is that there is no reason to ever hang up the fly gear, since we can ffish the limestoners and tailwaters every day of the year, including leap years, if we so choose.
A benefit of doing mostly trouting is that they live in clean water, so what’s to clean? I usually keep regreasing/cleaning the line every hr or two while on the water anyway.
I strive to inhabit a different realm, to give variety to the many days I’m fortunate to spend on the water. So one game I play is to use the same line on several dozen different rods but on the same pools over a month or so. It’s really interesting to try a dozen (for instance) different 7’4wts or 7’6"5wts, or to explore the nuances between 7’2", 7’3", and 7’4". Under these conditions, going between hollow and solid canes, glass new and old, graphites of various generations, and borons solid and hollow, makes for a lot to ponder and savor.
And with a coupla hunnert lines, I figure there are several lifetimes of experiments there. And I do plan to make it into 3 digits lifespanwise, since days on the stream don’t subtract from your life expectancy - so I’m led to believe.
My drill is to look over the spreadsheets that I transcribe my stream tape recordings from, then add rods and reel/lines to whatever’s in the fishin’vehicle to give me a matrix to select from while I’m driving the 20 min- couple of hrs. to the destination stream, which I check vs. the alternatives on USGS just before I go. Then water levels, weather (especially wind), time of day, expected hatches and fishing distances (which drive my tippet size, since I go as light as I can to max the strikes/hr.) This in turn drives whether I use 1 wts, 2, 3, 4 or 5 (my usual choices out here - big Western waters might take me up to a 6 wt, under duress).
The way I keep the rod locations organized (spreadsheets don’t help here) is to store them in wineracks. The ones that hold a case will stow 48-60 rod tubes each, so it’s simple to dig out the day’s candidates from the bunch of wine racks.
That’s my story, lou, and I’m sticking to it. (no pun intended)
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Les makes post!
I have about 6 rods that I use for trout fishing. I’ll grab a certain rod to suit the conditions I expect to encounter. For boat fishing I usually have two or three with me and rigged up.
I usually switch between 10 or 12 rods that I fish regularly.
I wonder how many of you guys look back through a thread after posting a reply? What is the analytical suggestion here…anywho, rods; seven at last count (I think) 1-2wt, 2-3wt, 1-4wt, 1-5wt, 1-6wt, 2-8wt, all used by self and son, depends on warm, cold, or saltwater dictates the magic wand to be selected. Cheers - Mike K.
I’ve only been fly fishing a little over a year. My choice of rod first depends on the water I am going to be fishing. Second, it depends on the conditions that I am going to find while I am on that water. (like high water or wind for an example) I have about a dozen rods to select from. a couple 3wts, eight 5 wts in various lengths and actions, a 7wt, and one 4/5wt bamboo.
I guess there is a pecking order of sorts. If I’d have my druthers, I would fish the bamboo. It’s fun to fish with, plain as that. If I need more distance or if I am going to be fishing mostly subsurface, I will use a fast-action 5wt.
Happy fishing!!
I have a number of rods but as a rule, only use one at a time!
Ol’ Bill
1932
Here are The ones I use from most to least;
9’ 5wt Gatti 3PA 3 piece
8’6" 4wt Gatti 3PA 3 piece
8’9" 3wt Custom (on a Shikari SHX blank) 2 piece
9’ 6wt Gatti TA 2 piece
9’ 6wt East Branch GTX 3 piece
7’6" 4wt JRoland 4 piece
8’ 4wt Scott STS 2 piece
8’9" 8 wt St Croix Clouser 2 piece
8’6" 5wt Cabellas Stowaway 5 piece
6’ 2wt Custom 2 piece
9’ 7wt dorbeR e-Rod 4 2 piece
I have a few others, but I haven’t fished them lately.
Bob
There is a fine line between fly fishing, and standing in the water waving a stick.
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