That’s a shame they die out... I guess that’s one luxury we have here with South Holston River so close to me... I should really fish it more... I received my 6’1” corto on Saturday and I am excited to catch some trout with it... it has a nice stiff feel to it but the tip has some flex... feels light action to me... should work perfect for stream trout and wading the river for smallies, sunnies, and red eyes... did also get in my daiwa exist, shipment of trout magnets, and a bunch of various sizes of the daiwa jigheads... thanks again for your help Alphahawk! Maybe I’ll get to test something out soon! Did toss a 1.5 gram jighead the other day on the maxima 2lb and didn’t feel like I was getting as good a distance as I thought I would with the 2004 luvias and the tict icecube rockin finesse... do you feel I would get more distance with one of the ester lines from Japan?