I use 16 foot Capps and Coleman Trollers, 14 foot Southern Crappie Rods, 12 foot Southerns, 11 foot B&M Sam Heatons,10 foot B&M, 9 foot Gants, and an assortment of B&M/BPS/Abu/Grizzly shorter rods. My rods are a representation of several years collecting. If I had to go to one rod brand only it would be Southern Crappie Rods. Other than my 16 footers, I have 2 sets of rigged rods.One for cranks and the other for longlining.