I've owned a bunch over the years but don't collect for collecting sake mainly because "Collection" is a dirty word with my wife. So this has been more of a search or quest for the best rods that suit me. I will buy rods and then cull them so I can test out lots of rods. I do tend to fish all of my rods every year but to keep things manageable and justifiable, I try to keep only one rod in any rod length/rod weight combination so I prefer to call the following my fiberglass rod selection.
3-weightsKenney..........8'1" 3wt 3pc.......Kenney Built - Latte Color
Steffen..........7'6" 2/3wt 3pc....(A gorgeous build by Matt Leiderman)
4-weightsMcFarland.....8'8" 4wt 3pc.......McFarland Built with Black S-Glass
Scott..............8'0" 4wt 2pc.......Scott Built F79 (Yellow - Early San Francisco era rod)
Steffen...........7'9" 3/4wt 3pc....Steffen Built
Morgan..........7'6" 4wt 2pc.......Gerri Carlson Built (Tom Morgan's wife), with extra tip
Scott..............7'0" 4wt 3pc.......Scott Built F70-4/3 (Brown - San Francisco era rod)
5-weightsSteffen..........8'0" 4/5wt 3pc.....(A build by Mark McKellip with his really cool reel seat)(my favorite all-arounder)
Kabuto..........7'6" 4wt 3pc........Kabuto Built - Yellow (my son wants this one tagged for him in my will
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F. Paddock....7'0" 5wt 2pc........Paddock Built Signed Series White Blank (I'd trade for a yellow one)
6-weightsEPIC.............8'6" 6wt 3pc.......(A build by Shane Gray - Salsa color & Lemke Titanium reel seat)
Hardy JET.....8'0" 6wt 3pc.......Hardy Built (Blank by Fisher)(You sure won't see many 3pc JET's)
Sage SFL.....7'9" 6wt 3pc........Sage built (Yes, Sage built a glass rod in the beginning)
Winston........7'6" 5wt 2pc........Winston Built (San Francisco era rod) (Blank by Fisher)
Fenwick........7'0" 5wt 4pc........Fenwick Built
7-weightsSteffen..........8'3" 7/8wt 3pc.....This rod will really boom out a line
I also have a Steffen 8'0" 8/9wt 2pc blank waiting to be built. At some point, I'd like to get an EPIC Bandit.