Aztecwin,

All comments are welcome. After all, people have different preferences. I have a 8.5' spinning Salmon/Steelhead rod that worked fine but since I prefer to use 1 or 1.5 oz weight during bigger waves and I didn't like the weight on the index finger when casting, I bought a 8.75' Fenwick baitcasting rod similar to yours. I think it's will be great throwing lures too. I can't wait to try it out. I was actually looking to buy 9.5' but 8.75' is the longes Fenwick make for this type of rod.

Bearcat