Your suggestion about sensitivity may be accurate. I just haven't fished this rod enough to say whether it is or is not, but my gut tells me that a couple of my UL spinning rods are going to end up being more sensitive. As far as casting distance, I was out with this BFS rod last week and cast it along with 3 or 4 different spinning rods and it wasn't even close, the BFS rod was casting MUCH further, although with this caveat....I was fishing 6 pound braid on the BFS rod and 4 pound mono on the spinning rods, so not an apples to apples comparison I'll admit. I do have one 6.5' spinning rod in the boat that has the exact same braid on it though and I'll try to remember to cast them side by side the next time I'm out to make a fair comparison.