That would be me.Yeah, I meant to add that new casters, and people who have fished a long time but never learned how to cast well, often like stiff fast action rods. I think the theory is that if you whip the rod back and forth fast enough and hard enough, then you can compensate for poor casting technique. This is what some poor casters have admitted to me anyway.
I'm working on timing and letting the rod and line work together as designed rather than brute strength and endless backcasts.