I mainly river fish for smallies and am looking into picking up a new stick for fishing jigs, tubes, and various other soft plastics on.

Looking at the various rods on the market and these Daiwa Steez rods have really caught my attention. I am interested in any reviews that anyone may have on the 6'8" Compile-X, Medium Lite Action rod...

Thanks in advance...

The only spinning rod in my arsenal.  Great action, light tip, and paired with a Stella you wont find a better combo.

The hard part of owning that rod is putting it down and actually using something else.  It's rated pretty light, but when you need to, you can really crank on it and it'll be fine.  I know because I use mine for throwing some of the lighter frogs.  

If you don't want to spend quite as much and you haven't already, check out the Fenwick Techna AV line.  You could get two of those for the price of the steez.  In my boat, if it's not a Steez, then it's a Techna AV.     I haven't tried any of the new Elite Tech series rods yet, they feel pretty nice, but don't really have the wow factor that the AV's have when you hold them.

That's a pretty strong endorsement for the Techna AV