i don't get paying big bucks for something to toss bobbers with. my steelhead setup is a 9'6 G1000, i only have that because i got it in a trade. you'd really have to be on drugs to buy one of the loomis "float rods".

the only real considerations are balance and power. sensitivity is entirely pointless.

if i were to go out and buy another one(i don't float fish much), i'd pick up one of those 9'6 berkleys. cheap and effective.