The shop:

Redington is a reputable company and makes a nice rod, a 5 weight would not have enough meat to it so I would recommend the eight weight, especially when after those monster Browns and Salmons in the Credit, you’ll need the rod to be fairly beefy. I recently posted an answer with a shootout between the best eight weights, Redington came in at # 5 with their CPS model, which is a couple steps up from the Crosswater combo, but It’s also a little more money too, as usual.
I fish the salmon river in Polaski NY which flows out of Ontario with an eight weight St. Croix, ( my weapon of choice ), and it’s never let me down. Huge salmon run this year on the southside but it’s slowed up now, there are still some fish coming through but mostly Steelies and Browns, rather wiley at the present time but their there.

pheasant tail:

I’m with the Shop on this one. I fish Pulaski as well and an 8wt is the way to go. In case you didn’t know Redington is owned by Sage, you’ll
not do better for $130 than that outfit. A few tips:
1) do not chase the fish if they run upstream – this is to your advantage.
Theyll tire more quickly and you can leverage them more easily.
2) If the fish runs downstream, do not go too deep into your backing –
too many people and too dangerous to chase a raging Salmon downstream – you’ll be better off snapping them off.
I reccomend a 9′ 0x leader.

Tight lines