Dang, and here I thought my Daiwa Tri-Force 8' med-light was all the shizzle. And at $30 a real bargain! This rod has produced more fish per dollar than any other I own, except a very old fiberglass fly rod that I built up for about $30 too. Must be something about that price point that makes fishing rods productive. And if the Daiwa had built-in Merg style ADHD twitch in its tip, it'd be the shizzle on steroids!