As I think I noted in my first post I cast the St Croix LU at the "shop" for a bit before I bought it. However, after fishing it for a full day I found I wasn't as fond of the fast action as I origionally thought. Therefore, the quick fix was to overline it - thereby slowing the action down. That seemed a better option than parking a $300 rod in the closet. Perhaps with summer [and warm weather] I'll put the 4 wgt line back on it and spent the time and try to pick up the timing. Perhaps not. Actually it casts a 5 wgt very well. I may end up preferring it as a new 5 wgt rather than as a 4 wgt. But I don't see any damage being done by uplineing one size. I've done it numerous times and have 30 + year old rods that I've always overlined and they show no damage. So I guess I'll just continue as I always have.

Donald