I’ve been using this rod that Brian Barde made for me. I just did a one rod challenge for my Tv show using it. I know I talk a lot about having the right gear on here. It’s true that you get better results with technique specific rods. It’s also true that you don’t need every rod skew on the market to have a good time on the water. I used this one rod for 3 different techniques! I caught and landed bass on all 3 techniques.