I mainly fish lakes out of a tube. Years ago I had a Scott G 10' 5 wt and did not like it. It was allot of work to fish, it was slow and tiring. So for years I used nothing longer than 9'. Last year I assembled a Sage 99 5 wt. and think this is the finest lake rod I have ever fished. I then bought a Echo 3 10' 5 wt. and love this rod. These rods are great for bobber fishing out of the tube and lob multi fly rigs with little effort. As already stated little fish pull hard and big fish pull really hard on these longer rods. With todays' space age materials and advanced tapers, these long rods and light, easy to cast and not nearly as tiring as long rods from years ago. The Echo also is great for dries and fishing little bugs in the film. This past season I have had a blast fishing my 9'9" and 10' rods.
Lanny
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