Just to give you some more insight. Your lower level Fenwicks (say 80 through 86) were designed as "driftfishing" rods. Any blank that has the brown/gold reelseat (depending on year of blank) were similar to the lami's/loomis you use today for your driftfishing. You move up into your 88/89/90/91/92's and you're talking heavier action mooching rods. (they have silver reel seats) Most good plunking rods are your heavier rods used for mooching. Hence, the ever popular FS89C with an old 7000c.

My first drift rod was an 85c. Still have it in fact. The 83c is an excellent small plug rod. The 85 is one of the best "all around" rods. You can plunk heavy lead, drift fish, and pull all sorts of plugs with it from the smallest hot shot up to the biggest kwikfish. I use a variety of sizes on rods. I have a mixture of 79's up to 89's. My Dad, SHEESH. He has about 35 fenwicks (no lie), if not more. He has everything from a FS53 all the way up to a FS92C. He still has a few catalogs from the 60's and 70's. You can't go wrong with the fenwicks. Especially the old ones. They're great. And if any of you want to rid of yours, let me know. LOL