Far and Fine is a great river rod as mentioned in the posts above. I use mine if I know that I am going to be in 20"+ fish (as apposed to my full flex four weights). I also have used mine on my kick boat and caught a 28" cutt on a deep nymph chironomid, along with some big bluegill. The rod will do what ever you want it to. It might look like it is going to break, but, it is stronger than you think. I cast well with it too on rivers, but I do use very small flies (30's and 32's).