Originally Posted by Sitka deer
I have a bunch of high end rods from a lot of makers and see some high end rods regularly. I even own Winston IM6 rods in 6, 7, and 8 wt. They are extremely smooth but they are not much at beating wind or hucking bigger stuff.

There is no such thing as any 2, 3, or four weight rod that’s going to defeat high winds. You initially were talking about a rod that you could handle a gentle breeze, the Winston or light line Sage will do that.

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