You people make me glad that I bought that Flint River Rod when it was on sale. I have not opened it yet as I really do not need it. I also have three or four of them space age ones that you can bend and they do not break. Actually I kind of like them. In the range I have one with a cleaning jag, and another with a bore brush on them. I have my rugged rod with a loading jag and the one is the rifle, stays in the rifle.