I've been fishing a 9' 1 1/2 -3oz mod/fast , Medium for 2 years mostly top water and Danny's at night. I love the rod I fish mostly in the back bays on the NS of LI but it handles all my needs out front the few times a year I venture there . The price is right and it's holding up real nice worth every bit of the $225 at Saltwater in Bayshore .