Freshwater vs. Inshore rods

[dave]

What makes a freshwater blank, different than an inshore blank of the same specification on the blank?  (i.e. Fast Action, Medium Power) 

 

I somehow have got the impression (and I can't recall from where) that the blanks might be different in some way. 

 

Or is it the components that may be different?

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

The only real difference in blanks is the way the company chooses to label them. The inshore mh might be more powerful than the bass mh for example. Inshore guides might be titanium but can be good ss. In rod building we say a blank doesn’t know or care how you build on it. When frogging first caught on I built frog rods on inshore blanks that had lots of backbone but still enough tip to load and cast well. There’s crossover both ways 

[dave]

Perfect, thanks.

[scaleface]

I bought an inshore Okuma 7' mh for bass fishing, liked it a lot and bought three more.