Larry L wrote:


a few days each year I fish where long casts, holding a long line in the
air, and picking up lots of line off the water and putting it down again in
a new direction, quickly, are all required constantly .... I don't have a
rod that will meet these needs extremely well, so,

I'm thinking of getting a rod for these rare days and believe a very fast
6wt is what makes sense

I don't want to spend too much as this rod will be little used each season

Might still be more than you want to spend but Sage is discontinuing
the XP series and shops are starting to discount them. You like your 4
wt so why not a 6? The fastest rod I ever cast was the old sage SP+
series but it sucked as a fish fighting tool.