i have the 14'and 16' southern crappie rods, i tightline with them, i pull jigs with them and i have trolled crankbaits with them, and won a dollar or two doing all three, my favorite thing is how durable they are, these rods can take a beating, carbon and kevlar, who else makes such a rod? ed has forgot more about crappie fishing than most of us will ever even know, and he knows what a good rod should be and these are it.