>>1361045>Miss markedIt didn't feel any more miss marked than other fast 8 weights. Most 8 weights need an extra heavy line to load well
>Casts like shitDisagree, it was lacking some feel with a 210 grain bass line, shooting head lines are always stupid heavy, it casted 350 grains fine but so did my old 8 weight, and I only casted a 400 grain head to see if I could, but it was super uncomfortable. I think a true to weight 9 weight line of maybe a half weight heavy would be good.
>Have to upsize 4 reel sizesNo, that's 2 reel sizes first of all, and second of all it didn't balance well with an 11/12 reel just slightly better than a plastic 7/8 weight reel. It would balance nicely with a 9/10 reel but I like a reel heavy balance.
>Feels like shit in closeIt doesn't though. It feels awkward just because I'm used to wet noodle glass or graphite but fast glass is not like either of those. It threw absolute darts and put my casting sighter right where I wanted every time, I just need to get used to the rod.
>1970s technologyYes but it has two distinct advantages over carbon
>It's stronger because it has more ability to flex and protects tippet better because of it too>It's more fun for meUltimately I don't have buyer's remorse because I knew what I was buying. I didn't want the next rod that can throw the tightest loop and drop a fly in a tea cup at 120 feet but also put a dry fly on a spooky fish's nose at 12 feet because it's made by a submarine engineer for $900
I wanted a rod that was going to be good enough most of the time, nearly indestructible, and most importantly, fun. I'm a person who seldom feels buyer's remorse because I usually have an idea of what I'm buying before I buy it and this is everything j was expecting and then some. It really impressed me that with one rod I can cast a 210 grain bass line and a 400 grain shooting head. But that's just me.
>TL;DR I don't have buyer's remorse because I think the rod is a lot of fun 
