I cast the rod and I am now a happy camper. With the line rigged, the rod casts flawlessly with dead on tracking and that smooth slow action of a rod that flexes into the butt. More importantly for me, I put a 6wt line on it with 2 1/2' of Cortland LC13 lead core, and was still able to put it out 60 feet just by opening my loop a bit and letting the butt do the work. The components aren't as nice as some other rods in this price range but the action of the rod is dead on. I also purchased a Cortland DT5F Sylk line for it and am glad I did. The line is sweet with little to no memory and will enable me to put size 20 blue winged olives right on target with nary a ripple. If any of you want a sweet feeling glass rod with some reserve power for heavy nymphing or streamers, I think you will like this, especially if you like the full flexing action of bamboo without the weight.

Randy