I’m thinking about purchasing a rod to fish chironomids under an indicator from my pontoon. I’ve been doing it with a 9’ 5wt for the past couple years and this rod works well but I’m guessing there is likely a more ideal set-up available if chironomids would be the rod’s primary use. I’d like to get another rod because my current rod is my only option with a floating line and I hate wasting time on the water changing between a long chironomid leader with a bobber and something a little more subtle when the trout are rising. I’m a sucker for rising fish and if it looks like I’ve got a shot for trout up top I always opt to re-rig. Sometimes this choice pays off and sometimes it doesn’t but either way I burn a bunch of time swapping out my leader. Watching large trout hit the surface near my boat make my hands start shaking and this just make the re-rig process take longer. So this gets me to my question...what type of rod do you prefer to use when fishing chironomids? I was thinking about a 4 or 5wt in a 10’ length. Is there and advantage between a rod with fast action or something a little slower? I want to make sure that whatever I end up with is soft enough to protect a 5x tippet. My budget leans more towards the Echo/TFO end of the spectrum rather than the Sage/Winston side. Any ideas? Thanks!