I acquired an 8-wt 9' St. Croix Legend Ultra recently. I am curious if it's the "old one" or the "new one." When I look on St. Croix's website, I see that the latest rods have a round fighting butt...this one has a cone-shaped fighting butt. Is this the pre-IPC rod, and if so, what's that mean in performance?

Thanks,
R

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