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I would have said the Sage 290, but I have never hooked a big nookie with it, and I don't know if it really has enough backbone for the big nooks.

Seemed to work fine on a big 23 poundish Queets steelhead.

If it does have the backbone, I'd change my vote to the Sage 290.

That extra length goes a LONG way for spinners, spoons, and floats.

If I were stranded on an island, I'd look at a 1-piece rod. Really hard to break those. 2-piece rods, not so hard.