I'd second the recommendation to checkout flyfish steelhead.com....I've learned a lot there and from a few trips with Dennis. My winter/spring sinktip setup is an 8wt St Croix Avid with Tioga reel and "yancy" 9wt shooting head. If you're planning to fish mostly summer/fall I'd recommend dropping down to a 7wt. I use a 5 wt GL3 now for surface fishing during the summer and it is totally addictive.