I been looking at rods and was favoring the 6 ft mh ugly stick with a shimano 4000fh spinner. I have this as a set up on one outfit with 17# trilene flora-carbon and liked the way it cast and performed and in using a shorter stick it made casting much more accurate. I'll be heading to fla this june and fish thick stumps and branches at Farm 13 and Lake Kissimmee and I need a rod that can basically hoist a hawg outta of the stumps and donot cut him any slack and if any given he'll break ya off everytime. One rod is not good for all conditions and lures as crankbait/rattle trap in open water I would want too use a rod that was more foregiveing. So you got to be adaptable to what you'll mostly be fishing. Good luck.

Bobby