Ok so I have a rod in the works I wanna build ,and I have been wanting to give a CTS blank a shot. I plan on building an 8 foot 2 piece rod ,in one of the blue colors. The fishery will be for schoolie stripers and halibut from the beach in California,average size fish between 6-10 pounds,and I want to have it be crisp,and have some butt to it. My question is what would be better for fishing smaller sp minnows and live bait rigs,up to once ounce,like a Carolina rig,and the occasional drop shot zoom fluke rig. I was looking at the Air or Jetstream blanks in say 8 foot with an 8-12 rating. Just not sure the differences between blanks. Thank you,again,I am always appreciative of you guys and your wealth of knowledge here. Best on the net!

Robert,
I am not familiar with that style of fishing, but we often catch fish that size on our freshwater lakes using a medium action rod with a 6-10 rating with no issue.

However, I expect that since you are blue water fishing you do want to have a bit extra in case one of th big ones come through?

I don't know the distance you are casting, but if you have to cast a good distance are you better off with a surf style rod that is 10-12 feet in length. As I said, I know zero about your fishing conditions and fishery - just wondering.

Take care

Upon further inspection I may choose to build an air blank and a jetstream. I think I kinda answered my own question here. I'm excited. I have a feeling these blanks will exceed all expectations.