My personal choice would be this with you same line choice. But then I am partial to TFO just for the warranty.
http://t.basspro.com/TFO-Professional-II-Rod-and-Hobbs-Creek-Reel-Fly-Outfits/product/1307090631058/

Obviously, I'm a big fan of TFO rods.

In the lighter weights, the TFO Finesse series is still my favorite.

Have a good trip and share some pictures!

After looking into it, I think I will go with the TFO Professional II rod combo.

Last question. Do I need to invest in Scientific Angler backing too or will the White River work too?

BPS doesn't carry the SA backing and Cabelas wants $13 shipping for both the line and backing or $6 for just the backing.

On a 4 wt? I would not worry about the brand name of the backing.

Any backing will do. And to save on shipping you can place the order to have it shipped to you local store. They email you when it arrives .

That's what I figured on the backing.

My closest store is about 4.5 hours so I'm just going to do the Free Economy Shipping they have.

I'm not going until mid-June but I'll post pictures. I wanted to do this last year but we had not been to the area yet and so I wanted to look around first. I took my Crappie rod (spinning gear) and did some fishing at a stocked lake in the area but there were too many people and I'd rather go fly fishing.

I also think I'm going to pick up the fly tying book by Skip Morris. I doubt I will try to tie any of my flies or that I will really have time to before we go but I've had some interest in fly fishing and it might be something I take up. Hopefully I'm also going to make it to that area twice this year.

Good choice Ben, hope you catch a bunch.

If you become addicted to fly fishing like some of us here, then you'll want to learn to tie your own flies. It's part of the artistry of fly fishing and the overall experience. There's nothing like tying your own fly and catching a fish for the first time. Then developing your own unique patterns that catch more fish than anything you've purchased. Some say the cost is cheaper to just purchase but I'm not so sure about that. I've gone through 1/2 dozen flies of one pattern on a Saturday morning, went home and tied half dozen more and went back fishing that evening. Wooded creeks will eat lots of flies

Well I hope to be relocating back to College Station within the year. If it takes longer than expected, at least I have the mountains 5 hours away to make use of fly rod.

And as far as tying flies, the Lord knows I need something else to do when I don't feel like being outside because the wind is blowing 25+mph. Which it does a good bit of the year here...

We have a fly club in Bryan / College Station. It is called the Brazos Valley Fly Club. Check it out on facebook. Hope you will join up with us at some point. We have plenty of places to fish. We also do tying events periodically. Hook-Line&Sinker is the President of the club.

I actually joined the other day!

I went on one of Hook-Line&Sinker's trips in the Spring and still watch his videos from time to time and I know Kevin Morris too.

Well, the wife and her cousin booked a house in Wimberley for the weekend of July 4th. So it looks like I'll be picking up some heavier leaders, tippet, and some popper and streamer flies too!

Got back from NM yesterday. The wife and I had a good camping trip. Mostly did day hikes but I had a few opportunities to throw a fly. I caught 4 fish in all. Three were brown trout including one at the campsite and the 4th was a small minnow in a lake in the area. All were caught on an Adams dry fly.

This weekend will be Wimberley and I also picked up some popper flies and I got a few that look like crickets while in NM as well.

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Ben
congratulations on your outing- runoff is till a factor right now so you managed to do well in spite of stained water. Keep it up, it's catching...

Les

Well, we had a good time in Wimberley. Smith Creek ran behind the house we rented. The creek had sunfish and some spotted bass swimming in it. I got some of the bigger bass interested in a fly but they wouldn't take it. I did manage to catch 2 baby bass but the rest were sunfish. Below are a couple of the bigger ones I caught. I caught 2 that were close to being big enough to eat but I didn't have my phone on me to take a picture. Between the 2 flies I was using, I caught 25-30 fish.

So now I'm thinking I might have to get a 9' 8 weight fly rod to take with me when I go bass fishing.

Look at the 3 weight thread here and see how big a fish you can catch on the 3. Your 4 weight is plenty big enough unless you are going to fish heavy cover and need to horse it out. weight.http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/11607544/UL_fly_fishing_forum_3wt_and_b#Post11607544