My first Burky was an 8139 back in 2002. It still gets fished hard and has never let me down. The modern version of this rod with the latest carbon fiber is pretty amazing it's lighter and has faster recovery.
I haven't owned the 8142 for very long but so far this is my new favorite based on Versitility. It launches the FF 7/8 70' as far as I need to cast it and then it's happy with short heads and also multi density lines like the Salar finder lines. It's going to be alot of fun to fish this rod this winter. So far it's been excellent, I used this rod on the Clearwater back in October and on the smaller pools it was awsome. On the big pools I went to the 8152. But I feel the 8142 would have been plenty rod exept for maybe a couple runs I like to fish where you truly can't over cast.
My advice would be to cast both rods back to back and then decide which one fits you best.
To be honest I would not want to have to choose between the two rods. That would be a hard decision for me.
I haven't owned the 8142 for very long but so far this is my new favorite based on Versitility. It launches the FF 7/8 70' as far as I need to cast it and then it's happy with short heads and also multi density lines like the Salar finder lines. It's going to be alot of fun to fish this rod this winter. So far it's been excellent, I used this rod on the Clearwater back in October and on the smaller pools it was awsome. On the big pools I went to the 8152. But I feel the 8142 would have been plenty rod exept for maybe a couple runs I like to fish where you truly can't over cast.
My advice would be to cast both rods back to back and then decide which one fits you best.
To be honest I would not want to have to choose between the two rods. That would be a hard decision for me.
