Wayne,

None that I can think of and I use 11 footers for some of my trout fishing.

The guides that I have also love casting my 11 footers and most of them have 10 footers in their drift boats (note on the 11 foot rods, many drift boats don't accommodate them very well, but one manufacturer is making a newer version that will take 11 and 12 footers).

You will love the ease of the cast, especially the great reach casts and then the ease of the mends of the longer rods. I still use 9 footers for my dry flying, and I use the 11 footers for all of my nymphing and some streamer action.

Another nice feature about the longer rod is what I call the shock absorber action. You will notice that you can let the fish fight against the action of the rod a whole lot more before you have to allow any line out, thus keeping the fish closer to you and actually getting them in and off the hook faster.

Buy it and enjoy it.

Larry ---sagefisher---