I recently had to force my good ol' Taurus wagon into auto retirement (read "junked") after 170k problem free miles...got myself a Honda CRV (with leather seats!). The Taurus wagon had a wonderful 3rd seat in the rear that folded down flush with the cargo floor. My gear was always in there, " just in case"... I could store my waders, boots, vest, rain gear, assorted fly boxes and several 4 piece, 9 foot rod tubes in the 3rd seat storage area and no one would know it was there but me. Now, however, the CRV under-the-cargo-area storage is not as big. Not a real problem, I just have to carry a little less with me all the time. The real problem is that the area is about 2 inches too small to acommodate my 4 piece rod tubes...boo-hoo! Oh well, guess I'll just have to build a couple of 5 piece or 7 piece rods! I'd like to have a 4/5 wt and a 6/7 wt to cover almost any spur-of-the-moment fishing opportunities that could arise. Now the real question for you guys & gals...any opinions and/or experience with 5 piece (or more) fly blanks? Forecast? Dan Craft? What d'yall like?

Thanks!

Tim

The longer Forecast models will be sort of whippy. The modulus is low and so the length and all those ferrules make it a little soggy. This would be for 9 footers and longer. I have not used the DC blanks so can't really comment. The St. Croix SCIV and V should be good bets if you can get what you want in a 5 piece model.

Dan has the new FLT blanks coming out that replace the Sig III. They are 5 and 6 piece blanks. A couple sizes should be there now with more coming I believe near the end of the month.

I have a Dan Craft Sig III 9ft. 7 wt - 5 piece and it is a great rod. I don't know if Dan still has any of the Sig III's but am sure the new FLT's will be as good if not better. When the 5 piece is put together you would swear that it is one piece.