Ok, so tonight I picked up my first Sage stick. It's slightly older, but it's still brand new to me!! It's a 9' 4 piece 8wt. It's my only bigger rod, mostly fish a 3 weight, and after an hour or two of casting it I think it's really a pretty nice smooth feeling cast. Does anyone have any opinions(good or bad) that they'd like to share about having this rod, or any other in it's series?? I'm going to be using this one mainly for schoolie stripers, and maybe some large smallmouth fishing in the Susquehanna this summer, should it be a good choice for this?? Thanks in advance for your time and thoughts.