Ronde set-up
The most "sport" - 13' 4" Loomis Metolius 5/6. Tons of fun on Ronde sized fish, yet has enough snap to throw the typical unweighted Ronde type fly out to 80+ feet. Can throw 4" lightly weighted string leeches on 5' sinktips to around 70-75 feet. Will also handle a surprising amount of wind for such a lightly rated rod. I used this rod this past fall on the Ronde, Snake, Clearwater, and Methow - more fun than should probably be legal. I used a Skagit head that weighed 488 grains.
Good sport and increased capability - 12' 9" Loomis Roaring River Dredger 6/7. This rod is also real sporty with smaller sized steelhead, but because of the slight increase in line rating, it will throw a little longer and heavier sinktip than the Metolius, and handle a bit more wind. I have been fishing a 7' sinktip cut from a 24' 300 grain sinking line on this rod with weighted marabou patterns, and it will throw this combo 80+ feet. I have caught steelies to 8 pounds, silvers to 9 pounds, and one FRESH chum of about 12 pounds (incidental, not really recommended on a 6/7 weight flyrod), on this rod in the past couple of weeks. This is one very fun, yet high performance stick.