I like my medium action 7ft ugly sticks cal 1101 model I believe but I believe they stopped making that model. We fish church t22 boards with segment cores on Erie over 50 times a year. Nice thing about using a 7 ft rod is releasing the board from line upon retrieve. Most of the time the guy with rod never does anything different to help remove the board. I did go to fish USA and handled there in line board Rods and liked how they felt. They had a nice soft tip so I'm sure they work great also.