Saltheart,
From what I saw about the area around Patrick, there are not that many boulders to contend with. I'm probably wrong but I didn't see much to worry about in that particular area. For the areas that you and I fish, I still think the 1088 (and rods like it) is the minimum price of admission to fish around the rocks. I also really like the 1089 I have, a little extra backbone. I think the original, plum 1088 may realy be somewhere between the current 1088s and 1089s in backbone...
BTW, I'm still (slowly) writing that document for the remote mail and I'll have it to you soon <img src="/Images/Happy_Face.gif"><!--e1-->...