l love my crest a good allround rod and nice and easy for a stait over the head cast but its not every bodys cup of tea everybody taste differs l tryed a couple of century rods and found this one to be the one l felt comfy with ive used a greys shadow for 15years now and would'nt go past that till the crest came along if you see someone useing one ask if you can have a try most anglers l know will help you no bother as soon as l picked one up l knew it was the rod for me good luck  :RK222: