All Ive ever really preferred to pull plugs with have been glass:

Lami "S-Glass" 8.5
Fenwick FS 79 and 85

You'd be nuts to hang a big Quikfish from any of them.

Can't really imagine a rod that great for "everything from #50 Hotshots or whatever up to K16s!" If you fish that broad of a range you need more than one rod. Get a decent plug rod to use 90% of the time, and use a backbouncer or buy a cheaper "Stick" for the Kwikies.

GS
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