I bought a St. Croix Legend spinning rod because I felt I was losing too many bass on surface lures with my carbon fiber rods. The Legend solved this. It's a medium action rod and 7' 2" long. I only surface fish with it and because I catch about a thousand bass a year on the surface, it gets a lot of use. It's my longest-casting rod, which is important with surface lures, and it keeps bass buttoned. It isn't cheap at $275, but I'd buy one again in a New York nanosecond if I was in the market for a glass spinning rod for surface fishing.

I found a sweet spot for mine on wakebaits.  

 

It's also a good weight-match for large frame, Stradic 4000.  

what can I say, looked back to some pretty photos