I have owned several EC fly rods.My point was for someone who has never thrown a fly,1 wt up helps to feel the rod load.I was trying to keep things simple.With modern specialty lines even wf have a dozen different tapers and the traditional way of determining the weight of a fly line,weighing the first 30 ft i believe is not accurate any more.I think the EC feather weights are inexpensive and a good rod to give it a try.