I cast the 9 foot 5 wt tip flex and was not at all impressed. It is not a dry fly trout rod and I notice that all it's praises are in the streamer/long cast department. As a guide I am so sick of people showing up with rods that they don't know how to load or that don't like to load at distances less than 50 feet which is where most trout are caught. I wish I had four hands because I'd give that rod four thumbs down.