When you go to FF shows and they have a casting place set aside, do they have these "hot" rods such as the Sage, Getti or whatever there for you to cast? One of my rods is the "entry" level St. Croix that they recently changed the name on, which is a fine rod. I have built one of Dan Craft's rods, a Five Rivers blank that I simply love. Yet, I read here about all these fantastic casting machines, and while looking through the Mudhole catalog, they had make after make of these incredible blanks that cost more than I could ever justify spending on a complete rod. Sometimes I have an itch to cast one of those "casting" machines, one of the "hot" rods. Just wondering. JGW