KastKing Speed Demon Pro Tournament Series Bass Fishing Rods, Elite Carbon High Modulus 1 Pc Blanks, Fuji Guides & Reel Seats, 20 Technique Specific Lengths & Actions-Spinning & Casting

So sensitive I can feel every bump from a fish. I can tell when my bait is on grvel, in grass, bumping timber, or if a fish is su;cking it in or swimming with it. The sale price motivated me to buy several more of these rods and am already using them as I hunt bass. I have rods that are more than double the cost of one of these but not as good. Ninty % of the fish are in 10% of the water, and why 10% of the fishermen catch 90% of the fish caught. Better go with your best gear to increase your odds. Some of the pro fishermen are using these rods on tour. I have hunted bass for more than 50 years.

Feather-light, perfectly balanced, comes with all the bells & whistles of much higher priced custom rods or rods marketed under exotic brand names. Fuji guides ARE Fuji guides, period. Extremely sensitive equipment to catch all the shephead nibblers, to handle a tarpon, or to cast a mile. Excellent customer service.

Consider this a first impressions review of a rod I'll be using for med tackle inshore saltwater fishing and light tackle ocean bottom jigging.Was looking for a light tackle 8' baitcaster setup for bouncing 2-3 oz swim baits and butterfly jigs for offshore norcal rockfish and lingcod. Musky rods are a popular option but often too heavy and stiff, salmon rods are too flexy, and I didn't want to spend $300-$400 on a Phenix. I know 7' heavy fast action large mouth punch rods are a favorite of yakers, but I wanted length for boat casting and better action on swimbaits 200' down. Enter the 7'11" H Speed Demon Punch rod. After reviewing the specs I thought I'd give it a chance.Shipping: Upon delivery and inspection; very nice! Finally, an e-retailer that understands how to pack a rod. Solid cardboard tube showed little exterior wear, and inside, the rod came wrapped with a foam donut at the butt and a cardboard sleeve at the tip with a heavy plastic sleeve down the length of the rod to protect from rash. A+ packing; I've ordered brand name rods from Amazon before and they don't always arrive in 1 piece.The Rod: The rod itself, in hand, is just what I imagined it to be like. Very very light (compared to my 8' med Teramar, my other ling stick), high quality components, superb guide lay, and surprisingly robust blank. It truly is a heavy fast action rod, and a few test runs casting 2-3 oz weights tells me it can comfortably handle beyond its 1.5 oz max rating. 1 oz bucktail fly too. This isn't a heavy steelhead rod posing as a jig stick, it's a true heavy cover bass rod that should be able to handle fat rockfish at depths and stripers near shore. Should be fun sticking lings with something so light. On to the specifics from the top down:- Tip and Guides: Excellent! High quality with great sets. Not one came bent, no cracked guide rings, and flawless epoxy. I sighted the rod and the guides are set about 90-95% true, see pics. The amount of guides is perfect: even distribution of load when the line is tight and you're bent.- Rod blank: Surprisingly stiff for something so light, with proper fast action tip and good backbone when testing 2-3 oz weights. We'll see if it can handle teener lings, but I bet it can. Also, maybe most important, the rod guides/components are IN LINE WITH THE SPINE of the blank! Yay! Many big name box store rod manufacturers miss this step, but this rod gets it. The natural curve of the blank was identified in production, and the guides/components etc were set along the 'back' of the blank's natural arc, ie the spine. The rod will always work and load WITH it's natural arc. Very important when casting and imparting action on lures. See pics.- Components/Grips: Again, excellent. Fuji reel seat is quality as expected and secures any reel foot. One thing to note though: the trigger grip and reel seat have a 'soft touch' coating applied to the plastic. Feels good in hand and probably when wet, but in my experience that coating wears away after a few years and leaves a residue (something to watch for). Last but not least - WINN grips! Great experience with that material on my Lexa 300H, tough and tacky, and I thought only found on Daiwa and Lew's stuff. Pretty neat that KastKing got a hold of it for this rod. One caveat is that the layout of the components results in a shorter butt length than I would like, but it's long enough and the WINN butt should be comfortable enough for bottom bouncing all day.Overall, 5 star first impression from an e-retailer that seems to be dropping the private label strategy and opting to invest in oem, technique specific gear with higher quality builds that's still within budget. My OCD noticed the KastKing logo is off center and tilted a bit, but I guess I'll live:) Otherwise this rod is awesome. Will update this review when I get time on water and land some fish. Cheers!

Very impressed with the lightweight, yet strength that the 6-10 casting displays. It is a great jerkbait rod. Only negative is since I bought it both the 6-10 jerkbait rod and the deep cranking rod are out of stock, I would have 2 of both if they were available.Since the above review I have bought several of the rods, after significant use I have noticed two cons in the components aside fro the awesome blank. I have had trouble on multiple rods with the guides coming loose and not the top one, also every handle (6) has had the Winn grip split and come off. This causes me to buy wrap and wrap them. The blank is awesome in my opinion, but many of the components are cheap or cheaply put together. Shimano SLX are less expensive and much more durable, although you sacrifice a little in the weight category.

The rubber on the handles is deteriorating right out of the box. The plastic wrapper literally pulled off half of the black and orange rubber coating on the handle and the stock.The reel seat and trigger have a rubber coating as well that is basically a gummy mess that is pilling and sticky.I tried to ignore it, took the rod fishing yesterday, but the rubber tar is coming off on my fingers and gloves.This MUST be manufacturing defect but I also have not had good luck with these types of rubber coatings even when they are done right, they always wind up turning into a sticky gummy mess eventually. This one just skipped the wait.Great rod otherwise... Just use cork they last a lifetime! This one is going back to Amazon.

I bought the 7 foot medium moderate for cranking. I don't normally review products but this thing is awesome. I have 25 combos and blew up a reel on a 10 pound largie. I replaced it. I let the other reel sit around for a month then looked into getting parts to fix it. The parts only cost about twenty bucks. So I ended up with a extra reel. I decided to buy a cheap rod I could throw square bills on. I took this thing out tonight and put a couple of nice smallies in the boat. It is definitely moderate never felt like they were going to pull off. It's also light compared to the rest of my cranking rods, especially my glass rod. If you normally buy higher end gear this is still a solid choice IMO.

This rod looks so good. And when I used it couple times. The handle end skin begins shedding like the picture. At first I think it is the whole rubber ending. Now I note it is only a print. Easy shedding also it is brand new. But does not affect use.

These are some great feeling rods and nice quality super price