Did I hear my name??

Anyways...Fred was right, how much you are willing to drop is a major factor in exactly which rods we will point 'ya to.

Being that you are up North and will be fishing the Skagit/Sauk, Nooksack and Vedder (am I right?)...you will be leaning towards a 15' for a 9 weight.

Good choices to look at it include the Sage 9150, Scott ARC 1509 and ofcourse, my favorite the Winston Derek Brown 7/8 (ask Fred, he loves my rod!! ). These are all high end rods and will run you upwards of $800...give or take a $100.

If price is an issue look at the Scott SAS 1409/3 and the Winston Ibis 14' 8/9 that will be available after the first of the year. Both these rods run right around $400.