I started both sons, a brother - in- law and another friend on them, bought them the 7'6 for 3 wt. felt to me more like a 4 wt but a nice little casting rod . For the price, hard to beat. Just bought my sons the Fiberglass CRG rods that went on sale for 65.00. Really nice introduction to glass rods for them. Of the graphite, bamboo and glass rods I bought them they are partial to the glass.