Just my two pennies, scopes are all I use these days, haven’t touched my 12fts in two seasons, I don’t dress like Alan Blair and definetly don’t wear nike trainers (Adidas in the summer) 🤣😂
dwarf 2lb 6 foot played a low twenty from a snaggy margin with no issues at all
10ft 3lb scopes are what I now use for most of my fishing, handled my current pb of 29lb again from snags with zero issues.
As for casting capabilities just google terry Edmonds scope rods and see what you can find I don’t remember the distance but seem to think it was 170 yds on a prototype rod
plenty of people don’t like nash gear......plenty of people do. Use them and make your own mind up 😉
tight lines