Yeah can't go wrong with the penn 950's, will hold 3-400m of 50lb braid easy, cheap as and I've never had a problem with them. I have them paired with a 12ft beach basher 10-15kg which is graphite with a glass tip and a Shakespeare beach elite 10-15kg which is full graphite. Both rods were $139 and are excellent but the beach elite is thinner and it feels a lot tougher under load. Don't have to spend up big to get good gear!