English looks good, better than I do most of the time.

As for the rods, I cast a 9'5wt and a shorter 4wt the other day. They seemed lighter than the Fli and sure do look better. For me, it felt stiffer than the Fli but more responsive (if that makes sense). Did not cast well in close at all, but past 50' it would hold tight loops and did seem to load better. The shorter rod in the 4wt was not a small stream rod at all, waaayyy too fast. It's like these rod manfs don't get that a small stream rod doesn't need to cast 70' in a parking lot. The 5wt was nice, esp for big water or if you're mostly casting long distances.