Short answer: Yes.

It's not a cast into the grass game yet. Soft water on inside corners, side channels, rock gardens, seams and the familiar buckets and slots all produced nicely. My son also hooked a pig on an indicator rig, but he came unbuttoned after an initial leap followed by the stump imitation. The drop-jaw look on his face after seeing a flying pig was priceless! Nice to at least see the big fella tho'....