ORIGINAL: Alpha Capo
nothing wrong with Berkely lightning rods tho...tough and ive never Broke one without Stepping on it or something equally stupid.... thay last forever altho ive heard some stuff recently about the fore grips comeing loose. on new ones...they still rock tho.(my first real bass poles were lightning rods from the late 80s..back then they had over the counter warranty's, break one(foot, rock, car) and take it back to k-mart for a brand new one no questions)
I agree with you Alpha. They made a few of them out of a polymer that was super tough. My father had one of those things and fished it over 100 days a year for over a decade. I am primariy a work/finesse fisherman, and one of my favorite worm rods (spinning) are Berkley Cherrywoods. $20.
also this is my opinion/experience but stay away from BassPro brand rods overpriced JUNK IMO.
Just as an aside, I own several, and honestly I have super impressed with their fishing equipment. Keep in mind that bass pro doesn't make anything, they just resell it. Their reels (freshwater) are made by two companies, Daiwa and Pfluger. A lot of their rods are Daiwa's. Do I think they are as good as a Loomis... no. I don't think you should pay a Loomis price for anything but a Loomis, and only then if you fish a heck of a lot. But I have a couple in the $100-$120 range and I've been very happy with them. I just picked up one of the Woo Daves signature spinnerbait rods this past weekend. They were running a special, got one of their 7 bearing reels thats normally $80 for $65, and you get a free rod. They had a different rod in the picture than the one that was supposed to be free, hadn't caught it yet... boom... free $100 rod.... got a combo for $70 out the door. Lucky Craft is making a heck of a lot of baits for BPS now too... and for a whole lot less than a Lucky Craft price.
Its always true you get what you pay for though....