hmmm yeah loomis would probably be the cheaper one huh??

i thnk i can get one of the rod builders on here to tie me up a 5wt with a fighting butt. more then likely a rainshadow blank sence they are cheap. rx7 blanks are only like 50ish so yeah. i was gonna have a 8wt tied up lasy yaer and it was only gonna be 170 with all the nice stuff.

then idk about a reel. im liking my helios, but at 145 it spendy for a trout reel. i might get a redington. idk i got a few extra dollars to play with.

i just spent 300 dollars on the gf for our one year. so she cant complain now \:\)