Thanks for all of the suggestions. The rods just came in yesterday and they are gorgeous :) I got them for a great price and so I'm waiting to get my reels for a great price too. It's going to be a while before I can truly enjoy them anyway as I'm currently recovering from shoulder surgery. You might recall me writing earlier about casting and tendonitis? Well it turns out I didn't have tendonitis, it was a torn rotator cuff, a torn labrum, and bone spurs x( I'd like to give left handed fishing a try but I think my wife would freak if I even touched a pole...so I'l have to sit around on my ars until the doc gives me the green light. This sugery better work because it sure as heck hurt 1000x more than the original injury ;(