I have a Diamondback "All American" in a 9' 5wt. I abosolutely love this rod. But sad to say, it's in the rod hospital right now. I broke the bottom section of it a few weeks back. Haven't heard how much it is going to cost to get it fixed even if they have the parts, since Cortland doesn't carry this rod anymore. They told me that if they didn't have parts they would exchange it for a comparable rod, hope it doesn't get to that, but we'll see.