Answer of Claudio Hi, the rod is more dedicated to bass fishing
There are rods which are very stiff and there are rods which are very flexible for their entire length, but every single one of them needs to have a tip which is more flexible than the end which holds the reel
If I had to guess, Id say that trout and smallmouth will take it for a stonefly nymph, a leech, a crayfish, a hellgrammite, an injured minnow, or even a cranefly
5000 De Luxe was never delivered with a counter-balance handle (#9219), only the small twin knob type.(#5179DL) I'll attempt to show pictures in chronological order that led up to the rare 4-screw version of 5000CDL
Garmin B744V 8 Pin Bronze Thru-Hull Transducer with Depth/Speed/Temp The Garmin B744 V 8 Pin Bronze Thruhull Transducer for GSD 24, Garmin Chartplotter/Sounder or Garmin Fishfinder with fairing block operates at 50/200KHZ and provides accurate Depth, Speed and Temperature readings