I fish the allstar 1263 since I rep them, an excellent choice, you will love the legnth and the strength, and you sure can put the heat to them with that rod. the allstar 1263 though is much cheaper than the loomis, it is about 139 to 149 retail , same lifetime warranty and made of 43 million modulous graphite which is a higher modulous than the gl-3 . Good luck and you will like either one you buy, probably the most versitale of all the float rods, I drift with it too.
Peace Superfly

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