Another note on the skagit shorts. They are selling the head+body and running line separately. In both sizes, the running line is super thin diameter and is tough to hold onto and generally work with mending, again making it less ideal than say something like the switch lines for indicator fishing.

I fished with Oliver tonight who just purchased a 11' 6wt Z-axis and fished it for the first time this evening. He put the 325 grain skagit short on it and seemed to be liking it really well. I whipped it around a bit and it did feel good, perhaps just a tad heavy, but some of that is preference I suppose.