This rod, which is made up of three pieces of carbon composite rod blank, offers the best strength and performance. By combining stainless steel frames with aluminum oxide inserts, Penn engineers designed a lightweight and robust guide suited for fishing mono or braid. The rubber shrink tube handle gives a firm grip whether wet or dry, and all of these factors together make it an ideal complement for Penn sarus, fierce, or Pursuit spinning reels. Woven carbon fiber added as an exterior shield to preserve rod blanks and guide wraps, is used on prevail rods.