JIG-N-PIG, the XC-725 was just to light of a rod for my taste. On a fairly long cast I could not get the fish's head up and comming towards me as well as with the XFT-766. I have a friend who loves the XC-725 but he looses a lot of fish bringing them to the boat. I believe this is do to, 1) not getting a good hook set to begin with because of the lighter tip, then 2) not having the power to burn a good size fish over the weeds and to the boat. With the 766 if I get a hook set I rarely loose a fish. I aso like the extra 4 inches on the 766. The person who originally gave me my 766 is still one of the best Delta sticks out there and has become my best friend. He is still using the same rod for frogs, 766. I use the XFT-806 for large jigs, 3/4 to 1 ounce. I have had some problems with the reel seats this last year. We were sticking a lot of large fish and the reel seats would spin on us. I have never had this problem before and I have fished this rod for years. It was to my understanding that it was do to a glue problem at the factory. Randy at Escalon Bait and Tackle would always exchange these rods right out for me but ten or so 5 plus pound fish latter same thing would happen. I currently have 3 brand new 806's and I absolutely love these rods, I just hope this problem has been solved. Hope some of this information will be of some help to you. Thanks