Since I enjoy fishing crankbaits the most I've decided to pick up a dedicated rod and have narrowed it down the the Dbyns Fury 704 CB and and 13 Fishing Omen 3 OB3C72MHM. Both are med-hxy moderate fast rods. Given it's popularity the Dobyns seems like the obvious choice but hearing more and mor good things about 13 Fishing. It's 3 hours to the closest shop to be able to cast either. Dobyns has the broadest lure range but they are known to over-rate. Several places are running sales on the Omens so they come out cheaper. All my cranks are in the 2 to 12ft range and run 3/16 to 5/8 oz.