I bought my husband a Richard Gene replica off of Amazon for his birthday last year, just on a lark, and he loves it. We are both dockshooters and use BnM Sharp shooters a lot but that eagle claw has become his go-to rod. We mainly use 1/24 jigs but 1/32 on occasion too. It has good strength and sensitivity, he just really likes the backbone. And it is pretty cheap!