This is no trout rod (with the exception of monsters). It's a very powerful big fish rod. It has a lot of flex in the butt so it's going to be particularly nice for picking up heavy sinking lines and should do well with Skagit heads. It's the kind of rod you would use for salmon in heavy flows and small to medium rivers where a 10' 8/9wt graphite singlehander might seem a bit frail. The Fenwick 9310 is a fairy wand in comparison (with the long extension handle it makes a nice switch rod) and I would not think of using the 9310 on trout.

It's very debatable whether the Epic is a switch rod in the sense that it's not viable as a singlehander at all - I'd rather call it a short double handed rod.

I should have added that I would intend to use the rod only as a smaller spey rod. I have no intention at all to use it as a single hander.

I look forward to hearing all about it John. I see its rated for 320-540 grains. I use a 320gr Scandi and 375gr Skagit on a TCX 5119. I'm really interested to find out the sweet spot on this glass two hander.

Got the rod for a short time ago, tested it with some scandi heads, weight around 500grains seems to work perfect for the rod and me.
Here is some pics of the rod Christian made for me.
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Just love the rod, and weight is defenatly no issue, cant wait to bend the rod with
Some norwegian salmon.

Thanks, i am using Hardy Sovereign 9-10 at thel moment, and i think it balances the rod just right.

It’s starts to work with a 450-480 Airflo Rage for me, and goes up to 550 or so. It’s too heavy to feel right with a true scandi in my opinion. I like the rod but it’s much better with something like a Rage (a little shorter with a less fine front taper)

I can’t imagine anyone fishing it at 320 or whatever the low end written on the blank is.