Sorry to be bumping an old thread but I have something to add.
I have been fishing a wild water 5 wt 9 ft and a 3 wt 7 ft for about 6 months. The 5wt is mostly for my sons an I don't cast it often but when I do I really enjoy it. It is medium to medium fast and feels really nice and works like a charm.
the 7' 3 wt never leaves my car. I like it a lot, it is easy to cast accurately and short enough to work in tighter spaces. the flex is a solid med-fast and although it is not as sensitive as some of my other rods it is just plain fun to cast small buggers and dry flies. this rod came as a complete set up ready to fish: rod, reel backing, floating line, 2 leaders, 15 flies that work, a fly box and rod holder with a flly box zipper compartment. I can actually fish with just this in my car. the fly box compartment is big enough to fit a spool of tippet also. this whole set up cost $114. when I got my TFO 7'6" Pro 3 wt I thought I would be done with this 7' sick but it just never work that way, every time I pull it out to try it I remember why I like it so much so this week I sold the TFO.
Wild Water has now come out with a higher line of rods HX and HX2 series that are make with better carbon and finished to a higher level but still cost about $100 and I am really wanting to try one. I don't fish Sage or Scott, I am more of a TFO, Redington, Echo kind of guy. Stuff that works well and is under $300 works for me and this rod although it is 1/3 that price is right there as a good rod to grab on to and keep. IMHO they are very worthy rods and the idea that you can get them with every thing you need to go fishing for the same price that you might pay for a reel, well that's just a crazy deal.
