08-05-2009, 04:59 AM
Utah has very no big rivers where you fish for trout. Even the Green is a medium size river on the Western U. S scale of things. Just my opinion but a 5 wt is overkill 99.9% of the time in Utah. So if this first rod you're going to be fishing mostly Utah I'd suggest a 3 or 4 wt 8' to 8'6" rod. I routinely use a 8' 6'' 4wt on the Green below Fontanelle and it casts big streamers well into the wind and handles big trout that fight much hardier than those below FG. If you start fishing out of state big rivers, salmon or steelhead later that is the time to look for a 6-8 wt rod.
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