I got fortunate enough to nab some gear at sponser prices and bought what I thought was a big bad flipping stick only to discover it was a cranking stick so now I'm the proud owner of a 7'11 extra heavy Veritas 2.0 Winch rated 3/4 oz to 2 1/2 oz.  Kid in a candy store glee blinded my vision apparently.  I did break my KVD 7'10 MH Launcher deep cranking stick a year ago but his badboy is way more stiff than that thing making it useless for the DT20s and DD22s I fish on the deep side on things.  Too stiff even for my bigish wake bait presentation too.  Already have a pike and a musky stick but maybe I can use it for those species as well?  I can't see myself throwing the 20+ monster cranks but maybe I keep it around if I decide to?

 

There's got to be something I'm overlooking that can make this thing worth pairing a reel to and have up on the deck.  What would you with on this rod?   .     

If the rod isn't as moderate as most cranking sticks you could probably get away with using it for Carolina rigs, deep football jigs, heavy spinnerbaits, 10xds, swimbaits and a rigs

130 Whopper Plopper, SPRO Rat, Mini Slammer etc. Brian.

Sounds like a decent light swimbait rod. 

Swimbaits.

But honestly, it may make a d**n good punch rod.

Everyone is spot on. If it were me I would use it for 7" hollow bodies and a-rigs.