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I've found that as I get older a shorter butt allows me to cast more with my arms coming over the top and less with my body. This leads to a somewhat tip heavy rod which you can fish best in an upright position with the butt between your legs. When I was younger and more agile, I liked a longer butt, which I use to counter weight so the rod would balance level when my rod hand was in a retrieve position. This allows you to comfortably fish the rod paralell to the water (or even tip down), which is an advatage when working darters, bottles, and other subsurface plugs from a high position such as a breakwater or jetty.
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