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8wt is fine for small fish but I can count on two hands, two feet, and at least one of your hands the amount of 8wt rods I've broken fishing for big stripers.
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Salty, sitting on them doesn't count. From shore, an 8 weight is good for fish up to 30 lbs. Throwing dead chickens from a high gunwaled boat to big fish in deep water with 20 lb tippets and 400 grain Teeny lines is specialty stuff. 95 % of flyfishing for stripers is either sight fishing or blind casting in quiet water for small to medium bass feeding on small baits. For that (as well as bonito, albies, and bonefish) an 8 weight excels. If you're stuck wading Monomoy with the wind in your face, a 9 weight is useful, but not useful enough to make it your only rod when 95% of the fishing you'll do is better done with an 8 (and the other 5% with a 10).