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The Pflueger Medalist is cheap, plentiful, prole-classy, and tougher than a fifty cent steak. The Lamson LP series, (3, 3 1/2, 4, 5, and 6), the Scientific Anglers System II in several sizes, the Cortland Magnum 140D and 200D, and the Okuma Sierra series are all black, perforated, small arbor...

Before the spey era, I used 7-8 weight, 9- 9 1/2 foot rods for summer steelhead, and a 9 foot 10 weight for big flies for winter steelhead. Those sizes were typical - well, the 10 weight was a bit bigger than the norm for winter fish. But they worked fine!

Perhaps the parameter I care the most about in a fly/spey rod is one that's hardest to find without casting that rod: the action. We all have different preferences in actions, and one of the biggest problems we have as buyers is finding out what a rod's action is - short of buying it. Rod...