It all depends on the water you are fishing, But if you are looking for an all- around rod for this , it is hard to beat the 1021, I have fished mine with very lite leads and small kwikfish all the way up to loading that baby up with 8 to 10 ozs on a slider to get down in the deep fast water. If you are looking to spend a bunch of dough and want several differnt rods for different conditions, I fish the hsr series in 930, 982, and the 1021 for salmon, then for steelhead I go real lite with the smaller plugs and fish the hsr 9000 and just have a blast. I think these rods work better for the back bouncing then those big stiff broom sticks, but it is all personel preference once again. Peace superfly