bought the 580 blank and wanted to wait to review it until i had a chance to cast it as a finished project. the blank was delivered faster than i could get all the parts i needed to finish it and the blank its self is excellent. straight, even and beautiful green color that sparkles a little. i love glass and i think it was the bright colors that kind of kept me from getting an Epic until now. Fast Glass was also a bit of a concern but after casting this afternoon im impressed. it is a solid glass rod. smooth, progressive action that bends the top 2/3rds of the rod and for me it is a spot on 5wt that doesn’t seem to be “line picky”. i strung up various lines and it cast them all with slight adjustments to my rhythm. it also cast a 6wt ok out to 35-40’ but i could feel some bending in the handle after that distance and i felt the bottom end power was lost a bit but that 5wt out to 60’ felt great and very accurate. the recovery was good also and i could make some very tight loops when i wanted to. won’t get to put it on water until the ice melts in NOCO and i am really looking forward to that. ill probably get a 6wt some time soon. Being called Fast Glass I was kind of expecting that the 5 was really going to be a 6wt, its not. so in hind sight, i would love to have a 4wt and a 6wt to cover my local streams but the 5 is nice and i am sure it will be great fun with moderate nymph rigs and even more fun with emergers and dry flies. nice glass rod.

Bought the blank. Can chuck junk and lay out the #18 caddis with same rod!

Epic FastGlass rods are the best which I ever had a chance to use. I will never change them for any other glass rods.

The best glass blank ever! Smooth as butter but stilk have allot of power

This blank is so amazing I now have to replace all my rods with an epic. This rod is so beautiful I took down my family portraits and hung this rod in its place whenever it's not being fished. It is now my go-to rod.