It's just that I became a life member recently and when I got home from work last night, that Sage TCX they had sent was there ! Put a WF Rio Grand on it and went out in the fading light to cast it on the 30'' of snow in my yard. Wow! IMHO , that is one nice rod. My casting is not at a level that people aspire to, more like snicker at.That said, and adding that I haven't touched a fly rod in probably six months, the rod still was laying out 40-50 feet of line with little effort on my part. I have no financial association with Sage , other than buying a few of their rods, just wanted to share how excited my new rod made me.