Read, but few posts to this board, but Ryan's on the mark. I'm a Spey Rod guy most of the time but chase a lot of Mr. Sal's here on the Rogue.

Minor change to 'Sparkies' suggestion would be to upline/rod to a 10wt Sage XP. Salmon are large fish (yes, I've beached them on 7wt's) but you're flipping coins even with a 9wt fly rod. if you want to play/release the fish use a 8 or 9 wt 10' rod; if you want to land these fish, consider a 9-10wt rod.
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