One thing I should add...
...is to be realistic in expectations for a rod of this class. In other words, don't expect a "true" 5 weight at 11 feet in length to throw 100' in a "Spey" aspect. In a Skagit casting capacity, this rod threw muddlers, woolly buggers, and flesh flies on short sinktips out to around the 70 foot range. With smaller "wets" it would probably go a few feet further, but I would say that this rod in a Skagit mode makes fishing at distances of 30' to 65' all day a "breeze". The thing to think about here is that it will do so while offering the usual advantages of Spey approaches - minimal backcasting room, a bit more line control than with "standard" 9' singles, MUCH better capacity to fish in varying circumstances of wind, and less physical casting strain produced throughout the day's fishing.
I ran this rod and my Meiser 10 1/2' 4/5/6 on Alaskan 'Bows this past summer, the Meiser being the "gold standard" against which I compare other rods of this class. They both threw pretty close to the same grainage in lines, but the Meiser had the definite performance advantage - wider "window" of grains that it would handle, and sizes/weights of flies it would throw, in addition to its outstanding aesthetics. However, considering the selling price of the TFO, for anyone that is looking for a very capable, utilitarian "no frills" rod, this is a great choice.