I have cast Gatti single hand rods several years ago at the Seattle Sportsman's Show. This was when the Kingdome was still in existence, so it must be 5 or more years ago. Anyhow, the single handers were very fast, tip action rods. In fact, I thought at the time that they were purposely rated one line under what they really were so that they would force a person to use a very short stroke.
I did not like them because they did not have the fast but progressive action that I prefer. At that time Gatti did not produce anything longer than a 9 foot rod. And as far as I know they are still being made in Italy, as they were then.