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Old 07-06-2019, 10:01 AM
haggis57 haggis57 is offline
 
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I've been using a 5 wt Professional as my main trout rod for 10 years and have been very happy with it. I've never found a reason to upgrade to anything else. It certainly has the backbone to deal with the fall winds in the Oldman - Livingstone area. It can also handle reasonable size streamers on the Bow on occasion. I've also been using a 7 wt Professional for 8 years for stillwater trout fishing in the Manitoba Parkland and last winter I picked up a slightly used 6wt Professional II as a second rod for stillwater fishing.

Being able to get replacement rod sections right in Calgary is big plus as well. And yes I have 1st hand experience with the replacement service - both involved operator error! I don't have any experience with TFO reels. Bass Pro used to offer good rod-reel-line packages for the TFO Professionals - I bought my 5 wt and 7 wt that way.

Here's a decent review
https://patagoniaflyfisherman.com/tf...fly-rod-review

There's also a fairly long winded review on YouTube.

Ken
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