It’s not the test curve of the rod it’s the action you need to consider
you can get a baggy 3.5lb test curve and a tighter 2.75lb test curve and the 3.5 will be better to play on than the 2.75 but the 2.75 will cast further than the 3.5.
Agree! Opened my eyes to the stamp of fish in there. Makes me wonder about the rivers closer to home. Then again we haven’t got the quality of lake escapees up in Cheshire🙄