I fished with a fine 16' Daiwa Altmoor 10/12 for a few years, primarily on the Skagit. I don't any more, because in my 70's, I can no longer cast such a rod with enough force to properly power a longbelly line of over a thousand grains. But I had more of a romantic/historical mindset than was good for me, and it was fun to do it old school, like the iron men of the Victorian era. It's a game for sturdy younger men, and you may want to switch to a shorter rod, sometime during the day.