I love my BPS crankin stick for lighter shallow to medium crankbaits. But I think their bigger ones for deeper diving crankbaits are a little to stiff. I shopped around for a couple years to find a rod I liked for strictly deep diving crankbaits (fish those all summer here). For deep divers I would get as long of a rod as you can, with a moderate to soft tip - you will lose alot less fish. I've heard great things about the vendetta's for this, and in your price range. But it is almost impossible to find one rod that will toss shallow small crankbaits, and handle a dd22 too.