I’ve been using a heck of a lot of Old 18 rods going back to the beginning like the Ambush, Hollow Point, Ascent, Kinetic, Suppressor and now this Buoyancy….I’ve got to say this is one heck of a rod! My first time out with it, I landed a 30” Red and it handled it like an absolute BOSS! I landed him with the Medium-Light, Mod-Fast.