Cheating, Lamson will come clean from the outset: Velocity is the freshwater version of the Cobalt action. Lamson did this for an obvious reason: the high-energy saltwater rods are certifiable handguns. Point and shoot, fast and furious, lifting power and laser loops. Big flies on open water, blowing like hell? Yep. Send one out to a seam in the middle of a wide freestone and throw in a reach? Nailed it. Lift a meaty streamer with a Belgian back cast and hit the other side of the river? Done. 10 inch brookies in a beaver pond on 6X? Uh, not quite. But if speed is what you need. Lighter hardware, forgotten fighting butts, foofy finishes for us trout guys, things like that.

• Line Weight 4 through 6
• Zebra wood insert
• Flor grade cork
• Modified Ritz grip profile