I have a 9 footer from Outcast and it has worked great for me on the Sky, Sauk, Kalama, Satsop, etc. I wouldn't want to run it through anything greater than Class 3, but it's light enough to carry/drag it around almost anything I wouldn't run (and I am a chickebn at heart!). You can't stand up and fish from it like you can the boats from Skookum, but it is a lot less $ and a lot lighter.

Like everyone says, depends on you use, but for me the "midrange" has been fine.