Just wanted to give a recommendation for Global Dorber rods... Just picked up a 9' 2wt that casts nicely. Small panfish still feel like small panfish, good-sized ones feel very good, and a bass of just a pound really put a bend in it yesterday. I believe the slow action of the rod really helped me with that fish, as I had just discovered a wind knot in my line and decided to continue to fish instead of replacing it (forest preserve was about to close). I think a stiffer rod might have popped the line.

I'm wondering what a 0 wt rod feels like with the 'gills, but I don't have $400 for a Sage, so this will do nicely for a while.