I just got home from two amazing weeks of inshore fishing at Port Charlotte Florida. I took my reels in my suitcase and bought rods down there because it was cheaper than flying my rods down there. The guys I was fishing with live there and I just bought rods like what they were using.They told me that I couldn’t beat a Redbone rod so I got a 7 ft medium and put my Penn 4000 reel on it with 30 lbs braid. I caught 30 inch Snook,Snapper,Trout ,Red fish,Mangrove Snapper. and even Big Red Grouper. That rod handled everything just fine. The guides are nice and the handle is nice . It casts great and I’m very pleased with the rod .Then I took it to the UPS store and shipped it home for $23.00 ,I’ll use it here in Ohio for bass and Walleye .For the money I think those rods are hard to beat.I don’t hesitate to recommend these rods.