St. Croix makes a 3S70ULM2 blank that is really nice, I also have there older SCIV UL in 7' that is alot faster action. I also built a SCIV 7'9" 3 wt. for a friend of mine, (spinning rod on a fly blank) that was very much UL action. He thought the rod didn't have enough back bone thou. Something you might want to look at is a travel rod, 3 piece rod. Everyone makes them, St. Croix 3FT664 $67.00. I think I'd go with the 3wt. before the 2wt. Another thing you could do is go visit some fly shops. Jon