STRIKE II ROD: Love reading water? Strategically pick apart every pool and riffle? Determined to catch a fish in that hole despite all the challenging variables? Well then, the new STRIKE is the rod for you. EURO NYMPH FISHING: Built specifically for the euro nymph angler, you can maximize your fly fishing opportunities with spellbinding precision. A new, improved, focused model list covers the most popular length and weight for euro nymphing applications. QUALITY DESIGN: The STRIKE features a new medium-fast action blank, improving accuracy and ease of casting. With a traditional down-locking reel seat, small fighting butt, single-foot guides, and reshaped handle for better balance points, the STRIKE is tuned and outfitted for the finest details applied in euro nymphing techniques. EASY CASTING: Include a new stripping guide, optimally positioned to remove line slap, and two tip-positioned snake guides that prevent fine tippets from wrapping around the guides when casting or repositioning the drift. Complete with superior presentation control and strike sensitivity thanks to an uber-responsive tip. EASY TRANSPORT: The rod comes in 4 pieces, has alignment dots for easy setup, and a durable divided Cordura nylon tube for compactness and portability. We dreamt up the STRIKE to give the angler an advanced fish catching advantage for specific euro nymphing applications. A new, improved, focused model list covers the most popular length and weight for euro nymphing applications. In addition, the STRIKE features a new medium-fast action blank, improving accuracy and ease of casting. With a traditional down-locking reel seat, small fighting butt, single-foot guides, and reshaped handle for better balance points, the STRIKE is tuned and outfitted for the finest details applied in euro nymphing techniques. Added features include a new stripping guide, optimally positioned to remove line slap, and two tip-positioned snake guides that prevent fine tippets from wrapping around the guides when casting or repositioning the drift. Complete with superior presentation control and strike sensitivity thanks to an uber-responsive tip