I love St. Croix rods. I got a 9'6" 8wt for salmon/steelhead and it is great. Now I'm thinking of getting an St. Croix 9' 6 wt for SRCs and for fishing from by tube in lakes.
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They say that the man that gets a Ph.D. is the smart one. But I think that the man that learns how to get paid to fish is the smarter one.