I've owned a Crystal River Cahill for a number of years. It's an 8' (I think) 5-6wt that I use with a 5wt forward line.

I bought it after watching an older gentleman lay out a beautiful line on my local lagoon (Jackson Park on the southside of Chicago). He gave me a chance to test it out, and I certainly couldn't find anything wrong with it for (then) $39. I use it with a Battenkill and a Wonderline.

Good back up rod. Can certainly make the casts needed to catch trout in all but the biggest rivers.

A few years ago, it got excellent ratings in side by side tests of fly rods by one of the major ff mags.

-Steven