It's amazing how far fishing has come since I was a kid. Back then, early 50's, if we wanted a fishing rod we just went and bought a fishing rod. Med action? Never heard of it! Then UL came in the scene. My first memory of it was in Germany in the service about 1965. Mitchell Garcia came out with the little 308 reel and I think the rod was a 3601. Favorite rod and reel and by the time I lost them, they weren't making them anymore. That was my most favorite rod and reel ever. Today you need a doctorate in fishing rods to pick out the very best rod for any particular fish. I remember in my grandfather's gun closet, an uncle kept his salmon rod. It was made of steel!