Grandpa,

Take a trip up to Teds and check out the Daiwa Heartland Glass rods. I have a 10' 6" 12-25 rod for my downrigger and it fishes really nice. Good backbone but still sensitive and fun to fight fish on. Only put you back about $50.00.

I like well made custom rods for river fishing, but for out in the salt give me a good, cheap, well performing glass rod that I wont cry about when it gets beat up.
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