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Winston WT 7'6" 4wt

 This is one of those models that gets rigged up for a full day's fishing on multiple small streams. Those streams known for giving up an occasional big feller. Yes, it can handle larger trout. And yet, this WT 476 rod is sensitive enough to have fun with trout in the ten to twelve inch range too. Not a bad selection if you only want to take one rod and fish multiple stream locations throughout the day. The 7’6” length makes for a very versatile fly rod for a couple of mountain ranges I enjoy visiting. What's interesting to me is how Winston described the action for this rod model during the production years of the IM6/WT rod series. In the early 90's up through year 2000, the IM6 476 rod was listed as a fast action model with casting distances up to 60 feet. When the WT was launched in 2001, the model continued to be listed as fast action for the next first four years...however, the action was changed in 2005 to Med-Fast and for the remaining print catalog years. I'm g...

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