So I've been fishing the Circa 379 for a little while now. I'm still loving this rod, so much that I bought a used 5wt as well. The thing that blows me away the most about these rods are how well they protect light tippet. I've hooked some big cutties (up to around 19") on these rods using 5X tippet and had the rod bent in a horseshoe without breaking off. Actually now that I think about it, I don't think I've broken off a single fish with either of these rods. I've had a few shake the fly but no break offs that I can recall.
The 3wt still seems to be money with the Airflo River & Stream on it. Loads nicely at short distances but is also capable of casting further. The 5wt I've played around with a few different lines just for fun. The first line I put on it was the Rio Gold. I've never been a big fan of this line and I'm still not. Second was the SA VPT line. It's a terrible overhead casting line for small streams because the head is so long on it. But! This line has a great taper for single-handed spey casting. I was able to cast a Fat Albert ridiculous distances on the Elk river around Fernie with the Circa and VPT. It's a fun line for spey casts so I think I'll hang onto it even if it doesn't see a ton of use. At the very least it'll be a good line to take on a windy day. So that leaves it down to two similar lines - the Rio Trout LT in a WF and a DT. The WF is nice, but the DT really sings on this rod. The DT is the line I've been using on it the past few weeks and I've really enjoyed it. Hopefully I can put it to more use before the weather gets too cold and the snow starts to fly.
