1024 GL3 is my goto rod year round. It is the most sensitive rod I have ever used, and is very light. Since the day I bought it my fish catching percentage took about a 400% upswing. This rod will handle any steelhead you throw at it and this fall throwing spinners for silvers we caught 2 35+ pound Chinook on this rod. One wouldnt have been landed if we were not in a boat though he was netted in a rapid. I have 2 buddies that fish a 1025 and they wish they had bought a 1024 after trying mine. I have used both and found the 1025 to feel twice as heavy as the 1024, after a day of casting my arm starting feeling fatigued. I can cast the 1024 all day and never get tired. The sensitivity is about the same maybe a hair less than the 1024, but the 1025 does have a lot more backbone and you can horse fish in. If 50% of the fish I caught were over 25lbs i would probably buy one and use it a lot

If you drift fish for chinook a lot and occasionally steelhead get the 1025.
If you steelhead more get the 1024.
For plugging I use a 1021c that is similar to the 1025 and can be converted to a drift rod for chinook if the need arrises.