HI Doug,
I've built 4 of these rods both the 80N and 86N, its a great all around rod. I like it for stickbaits and poppers up to 180g, its sweet spot is about 150g-160g. Comfortable to fish with PE8 line, PE10 would be a bit redundant on these blanks. Biggest GT i've pulled up on it was about 80lbs, but it was bogged down a bit on that fish. They'll whip mid sized GT real quick, but its no elephant gun. Good blanks for sure.