You would, and those rods can make an average caster look good if you let the rod do the work. As Lefty and Joan have pointed out, it's the "snappy" stop on both the forward and back cast that really transfers the energy to the line. Hard not to like the fact that they're made right here in MT as well. Every time I'm down Twin Bridges way I stop in and cast a few and it's hard not to take another home with me.