i personaly love gloomis rods, most of my expereince with the bluefin has been the smaller ri stuff and we use
spheros 5000 and gl2 freshwater rods effectivly all season. the next class up of loomis rods, the problues, offer great light tips with massive backbone. though i havnt used them for casting the list of fish i have spanked on my vanstaal rod is always growing and it has me impressed at least. as i said most of that action has been useing jigs and bait but they do cast well for their short length and you really appriciate that when you are hooked up
Arden