neurosis, i think the answer youre looking for is this, take any rod, the longer bigger it is the more guides,thread, clear coat, cork, glue and bigger real seat its going to take, all these things hamper a rods sensativity, there is a balance of all these things to get the feel and few make drift rods,, my favorite drift rod is a old LCI stryker, its junk to other people but it fits me and i could fish any rod i wanted to..