The need for longer casts in pants whipping winds in both salt and freshwater situations has elevated the 9wt to a must have rod for many avid fly fisherman. However when that that close range fish pop's up out of now where (and you know they do) creating the need to load the rod and react quickly with a close accurate cast with out landing the fly like a cannon ball, many turbo 9wt's don't can't get it done. We dialed back the tip action on this rod to accomplish this task with out sacrificing power and distance. It cast's like a 9wt should in the wind and like a 8 '6" 4wt on a short cast when it needs to making it a complete 9wt fly rod.
