shimano 8000 stella the Stella SW is what you want in your hands. Used Shimano 08 Stella SW

The moderate-fast action helps detect light bites quickly while keeping enough backbone for control

It blends naturally into most water conditions while still giving you enough visibility to track your line

Heres a url to some of these results, unfortunately these results are not applicable to Speckled Trout, Redfish, and other SW fish since their eye physiology is different

If youre thinking about the Carbon XL or other Echo rods, pair it up and make it a sweet and affordable combo

I realized that, like me, many guides return to lures and flies that have produced in the past

Truth is you tell yourself your going to throw them away, but in the back of your mind your thinking they are only a year old and my grandpa would have beat my rear end for throwing away something that could be glued back together