Beautiful and well built rod! Second to none! Well balanced with my Curado 150 MGL HG, and light. I plan to use it next week and I'm expecting low hand and wrist fatigue after a day of fishing. I've owned other 7'-6" rods and they were all heavy and not this well balanced. I currently own 4 great Kinetic and now 2 Buoyancy rods. In the future, I hope to acquire more in your other models. Old 18 was made aware to me by RX Angler & MDLR Fishing. They weren't wrong, you guys build incredible rods! Thank you for your Service, and providing us with beautiful American made fishing rods! Best wishes and keep up the good work.