Those smaller Ace Hi flies cast great, but you (or at least I) think the 9 wt is needed for the wind I was in. Had 2 good swirls, no hook-ups, but there's always tomorrow. Interesting is it was easy to manipulate the line speed int he water so it could be fished dry/waking, or subsurface. Most flies are "either/or" , but the Ace-Hi does both.