I feel that way about the old Sage RPL rods. They just seem to fit my casting style and every cast seems effortless. That being said, I recently bought two Redington Minnow Beginner Fly Fishing Outfits as birthdays gifts for two of my grandsons ages 6 and 8 and I was amazed at how well these rods cast. Complete outfits including rod, reel, backing, line and even a leader for $41.57 each and they are really nice casting rods. One thing I've come to realize is that I've never met a fly rod that was the limiting factor in how well I cast; I am always the limiting factor. You can take a rod that one person struggles to cast with and hand it to the next person who can lay out 90 feet of line with little or no effort.

Jim Smith