best fly rod for smaller fish

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I have a 8'9 sage LL 3 wt and 2 other Sage rods- really decent rods- wouldn't think of taking them back packing nor many of my other rods- been doing the packing for a long time and have seen too many great rods bite the dust because of things that just seem to happen while packing when people or animals are involved- I take a 8 1/2 ' 4 wt Cabelas
$49.99 rod and a Diawa Lockimor reel ( very light wt and inexpensive- not need for disc drag here) Okuma's are decent stillwater reels but IMHO and maybe just mine- they are too heavy for light wt rods.
The Cabela's rod and Lockimor reel balance each other out nicely and if it breaks- not out much- it really isn't a bad rod either.
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