KK,
Nice stick, and excellent choice on the reel as well. And, when you do, you will not regret adding the 5 wt BIIx to the quiver. Not that it's that pertinent to most trout fishing, but I can throw more line with less effort with that rod than any other I've ever cast. The short game with that rod works too.

bwinters...ain't no flies on a St Croix.