BB,
I'd skip the fighting butt on a five wt as well.

Salmo,
I tend to agree with you regarding fighting butts only for 7 wts and above. There are a lot of great salty 6's on the market that work great on for a variety of species.
Off the beaches here you just might hook a whale........of a king or coho. wink
They come in pretty handy for those.
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