You should be fine with an ugly stick. I still use mine for stripers. I have a 7ft med hvyaction for salt water spinning and a 6ft med action for bass etc.I also have an allstar rodbut use the ugly stick more and dont know why I spentthe money for the all star. Its a nice rod butthe ugly stikfeels better to me IMHO. BUT I do like the backbone of the allstar better.But thats just me. Get what feels good to ya and you should be happy.