No way on the St.Croix. There legend Elite series will compete with any of the high end rods out there. At about 250 bucks less too. In my opinion St.Croix is a great company. American made and a great value. I have two imperials I let people use or have tied up as extras in the boat. There a little slow for my likes but get the job done.

TFO is the savage of the fly rod world laugh

"It's my main love for all things Ackley. Plus the dude was cool before cool was cool."

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