Got out with the Yamasemi today and only had the solid tip since it's what I was most curious to try. My usual 1gr/1.5" rig with Almight 0.4 and 4# Sniper leader. Only put in an hour or so with the rod since I went off to chase bass, but got around a dozen chunk gills, one small crappie (they've gone into hiding since it's gotten real hot) and a couple 2lb+ bass. Rod has great sensitivity and the solid tip feels like a cheat code for twitching, getting great action on the bait and loading into the fish nicely before going straight into a solid backbone. Never felt like I pulled a jig from a fish's mouth despite the XF rating. I can really see the appeal of solid tips now. Gonna bring the fast tip next time but I don't think there's any way I'll like it for the purpose of vertical jigging nearly as much.

This definitely isn't the UL rod for everyone since it's not an UL rod at all but after today, I know this is gonna be the perfect minijig rod come trout season since I never know if I'm going to hook into a 10 inch or 10lb fish. If you're in a lake with tons of white bass, black bass, other feisty bycatch or fortunate to fish one of the areas with toad coppernose or redears, this is one that you might want to consider putting on your radar.