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Hi Guys, I am a lucky man. My friends got together and bought me a Burkheimer 13 foot 9-inch 7/8/9 for my 50th birthday. I thank Bill, Kush, WRKE and FredaEvans for their help in suggesting rods. Now I have another delightful dilemma. I need a line. Bill suggested the 8/9 XLT, but I have looked up some old threads and find a lot of disagreement. Since then the lines have changed, the XLT updated. Does anyone have any further line suggestions for me? Is the 8/9 XLT too heavy? I do use the 10-foot Polytips, floating and sinking, for most fall fishing. Would you cut back the line to use the sinkers? I don't on my old SA Mastery Spey and Rio Midspey 8/9s I use on my 13 1/2-foot Lamiglass 8/9 weight. Thanks for your help. Keith