Fished the Green River at the Flaming Gorge in Utah last month and I used the XP #4 the whole time. What a nice rod. Light,efficient, accurate. Not a defanged RPL+, this rod gives really good feed back from the butt, yet still feels supple. I used the SA XPS dt line and found it to match the rod perfectly. The rod roll casts and mends as well as I could hope for. I stunned my friends and my self with a laser like 50' single hand spey cast into the sipping snout of a beutiful brown.
As with any rod, cast it to see if you like it, but this is fast action rod for folks that don't like fast action rods.
The line was spooled up on a Galvan 3.0 BA. A good reel that balanced perfectly. Machined, Large arbor, black anodized, disc drag blah blah blah...still you couldn't ask for more. It's pretty in a modern way, machined like a piece of lace, but tough.
I probably would have caught a bunch of fish with any rig, but there is a pleasure in fishing with a perfectly balanced outfit.
As with any rod, cast it to see if you like it, but this is fast action rod for folks that don't like fast action rods.
The line was spooled up on a Galvan 3.0 BA. A good reel that balanced perfectly. Machined, Large arbor, black anodized, disc drag blah blah blah...still you couldn't ask for more. It's pretty in a modern way, machined like a piece of lace, but tough.
I probably would have caught a bunch of fish with any rig, but there is a pleasure in fishing with a perfectly balanced outfit.