IMO.. either of these two boards will work for you..

The soft top has a slight advantage of being a full deck pad (nose to tail and rail to rail) and this is great for paddling with kids or pets and it's slightly more durable and less prone to dings if being used as a family board.. Personally I prefer the non-soft top Odysseus.. Are they the same price or more?

At your weight you don't need the added width of the Odysseus and the Fly is a good choice.. Unless stability is more important.. like someone I know who's lighter than you and paddles the Odysseus and absolutely loves it because its super-duper stable.. and if for storage reasons the 9'8" is that little bit shorter the Odysseus might be the better board..

I've paddled both and the Odysseus paddles better having the channels make it easier to paddle straight.. You don't need to swap sides as often as the Fly.. and it feels faster than the Fly.. If progressing to small surf is your goal the Fly is going to be the better of the two in that area.. IMO..

If you can you should demo both.. You'll be surprised at just how different they are.. Or if you can't demo you might just have to toss a coin..

Unless the manufacturing has changed I would steer away from the Fanatic Pure construction boards, I had 2 x 11'6 fanatic fly's, one in the HRS construction which was bullet proof and the other in the Pure construction which I found was very brittle and chipped and cracked very easily and was much heavier. Yes they are cheaper but I would fork out the extra $ on the HRS construction as it would be a better long term proposition.