I was lucky enough to be able to cast a few rods in 2010 as well from Sage, Beulah, Snowbee, Pieroway and Loop. I am still lovin' my Loop rods though...9132 Yellow, 9140 Multi, 7132 Multi and most notably my goto stick an 8124 Opti (my fav!). Another rod that spent a bunch of time in my hands this year was a 510 Pieroway Metal detector, a super sweet and smooth rod (the coolest looking spey on the market imho!). My wife mainly uses her GASS 9126 and the 510 Pieroway as well. I would really like to get my hanks on a Loop Evotec there Toolman, especially the the 12 or 13'6 8wt!! Good to hear that you like the big 14 footer. Have you tried any double handers from Vision? I would like to get my hands on one of those as well....as you know one can never have too many spey rods!!