Anderson 1193-4 Trout Spey
Pez....I have owned Gary's 11' 9' 4 piece 3wt spey rod for about a year now. Gary now sells all his rods with the line he feels best fits the rod. In this case he lined my rod with a 295 grain integrated Elixir line. It is essetially a scandi head that I add 10 -15 ft long sinking leaders to as the situation demands. I use it mostly on the American and the Rogue for half-pounders.
The real test came when I brought it up to the Bighorn River in Montana last September. At first I was not sure it would be up to handling the 18-20 inch browns they have there but it did just fine. Compared to all the folks with their 5 and 6 wt single hand rods, I almost owned the river when it came to swinging flies. When not swing flies the rod really gave me an advantage when nymph and indicator fishing while wading. It allowed me to cast the ungainly mess of bobber and flies further while standing up against the bank (no room to back cast) and then do long distance mends as needed.
I hope this helps......Anne