I haven't lake fished with any of my spey/switch rods but I imagine it would work for you. Or you could get a float tube? lol. FG's right about the over hanging trees. If they're that close a 10-13 footer might be tough to manuever. On moving water there are casts you can make to compensate for heavy tree cover but i'm not sure on a stillwater.

Uncle Barry made an excellent suggestion about checking with Bob Meiser. He builds beautiful rods and really knows the sport well. Also, check with "Poppy" over at Redshed, in Idaho. He'll be able to help ya out.