My bite to land ratio is about 60 to 70%. Once hooked up it's 90+. I use a G-loomis GL2 6'6" medium heavy. Soft tip good backbone. I believe soft glass are good crankbait, treble hook rods. Any single hook style baits, (spinnerbaits, swimbaits, jigs you get the picture) require stronger backbones.....JMO...BassMan