I’m impressed. Love it! I was looking for a 40-80lbs rod for my 8000 reel. This rod is light. Tough. Sturdy. The tip is not too stiff. More like moderate action. Nice stainless eyes. Fumble butt. The lower grip is round EVA. The foreword grip is a rounded triangular EVA grip. Fits your hands very comfortable. I have one more of these coming in two days. I’ve bought many rods (UglyStiks) from pennoutlet.com. All came in a box. This rod only came zip tied to a sturdy V-shaped cardboard. It checked out and no damage to the eyes. Thank God! Not sure why…pennoutlet.com always puts rods in a box. Either way…awesome rod. What can you say – it’s a Penn. So go buy one and go hook some lip. Mine is the 7ft boat rod.
