their reels are fine, a great value. I have two GT24 and a Koma. The notion of a fiberglass rod from a company with whom many folks are unfamiliar is very interesting. I notice tht their sole agent in the USA is The Deschutes Angler in Maupin, Oregon. I'd sure like to try on of those rods. The short 4/5 has my attention. Way to go Vision!

... though there is no mention of any Vision product on their website. Might be a new relationship.

Finally!

I tried the two midge tapers on the big FF Fair here in Sweden last week, and I wasn't too impressed. Vision had a series called Midge, discontinued a few years back, with a 5'6" 3wt, and a 6'6" 4wy, and these tapers are very similar. Soft, with a thick tip, to thick for me. The rod gets unstable with more than 20' of line in the air. I would have preferred a more progressive taper, which would have been more allround IMHO. With these tapers, the Vision staff misses the opportunity to convince the graphite mafia that fiberglass is part of the future.

Nice try though, and the pikerod seems nice, too bad I didn't try it ...

I was about to toss my Phillipsons and Fenwicks in the garbage, but I guess I'll send them to you instead

imho good modern glass rods have done that.

there are also modern glass rods that were started at mimicking graphite and "backed down" - I know, I've fished them, and they're a mistake from inception.

This incorrect approach is what that marketing statement implies.
But I agree with you, Stephen, it's not technical, it's marketing.

It's possibly not just a generational or marketing thing, as there are practical reasons to choose faster glass as well. If you live out west like me and normally fish wide open spaces in blustery conditions on steep rivers where the fish and the water run fast, but still want to fish a slower glass (or cane) rod, you might prefer something a bit snappier. You might choose an S-Glass rod like a Steffen or Scott over an E-Glass rod. I too just received a Kenney 794, but the weather forecast will need to call for calm winds for me to pick that one on any particular day.

But for me, that's splitting hairs in the grand scheme of things -- meaning, the grand range of rods from super slow old glass to super fast Sage TCRs is vast. I actually have use for all rod speeds. For me, it's about the taper combined with a material. I fish 'em all from sub-6' glass to giant graphite spey; and parabolic, progressive, and tip-flex tapers.

By the way, I'm probably on the young side for this forum at age 42, though have been flyfishing for 30+ years. So I kind of started with glass (a floppy Eagle Claw 8'6" 7wt in the late 1970's), ran blindly toward ever faster graphite in the 1980's-90's, and over the past decade have developed very mixed preferences. I could compete for having the most schizophrenic arsenal out there.