Stam:

As a former, self-appointed president of the Order of the Ascot (I was demoted when I failed to properly execute the legendary "Snap-XYZ Cast" at a recent Spey Pride gathering), I can assure you that any of the fine styles you selected for our review would be deemed more than appropriate. Salmo may have a point in that the second from the top might restrict your range of motion on some casts, but such problems can be overcome with practice, and so should not be viewed as reasons not to sport a piece of such magnificence.

I can't help thinking that it was not by accident that one of your choices (third from the top) was none other than the prized Golden Ascot, which is the trademark of only those who have achieved the pinnacle of Spey Pride.

I ask you, my brethren: could it be that we are in the midst of the Chosen One?