Bought this for a Florida charter fishing boat trip. Rod worked great and even fit in the rod holder on the boat great. The slotted rubber end fit nicely in the cable under the rod holder to prevent the rod from spinning during travel. I used a spinning reel with this which was a great choice because a ship mate showed me how I could cast out about 40-50 yards from the boat and possibly catch something bigger and better away from the boat. Rod had good sensitivity and strength to detect small sand perch and strength to land large snapper. Update 1/2024 finally came back to Florida to fish after Covid and the hurricane. The rod was hung on the bedroom wall since using it in 2020. Took it out fishing and discovered all the eyelets for the line are cracked and the ring has fallen out on 5 of the 7 eyelets! Not impressed with Penn products at all!!
