Berkley Cherrywood HD Casting Fishing Rods

I bought of few of these rods getting back into fishing after a long break from the hobby. I restored some old Penn reels from the 50's and bought a new Abu Garcia bait caster so I wanted something that could catch bass, catfish, and everything above or in between and some rods that I could rotate my reels on.The first fish I caught with this rod was a relatively large Bonnethead shark (3.5 ft) with a 50's Penn No. 9. I had the drag tightened all the way down and when the fish came close to the boat it took drag so fast and effortlessly that the line left a nice burnt gash on my thumb, having it carelessly resting on it. The rod performed great and not once did I even think about the rod's ability to bring the fish in. It was only after that I took a moment to appreciate the rod's performance.A week or so after, I took a little trip down the river close to where I live and caught a baby striper about the size of a bluegill just longer. I felt the fish as soon as it hit and the reel offered great sensitivity for it being rated Medium-Heavy.Long story short: These rods are an amazing bargain and offer fabulous versatility. At $27 I'm planning on buying 3 more and see no need for higher priced rods. I take extremely good care of everything I own and sometimes the mentality of wanting to preserve something, especially if it cost a lot of money, gets in the way of actually enjoying it and using it to it's full potential. With these rods I would have no issue replacing one (or two), allowing me to relax and enjoy myself and not have a trip ruined because of a ruined rod. However, they are well built and I don't see a issue arising out of build quality.If you are hesitant, as I was, to try this rod out because of the low price tag I would encourage you to give it whirl. I'm usually a hard to please consumer but feel this rod is a winner.

For context: I go Bass fishing basically everyday.. maybe twice. The quality of this rod holds up to my abuse! I like the old cork grips, and use the finger rest frequently. I confidently know what the lure is bouncing off of. It's sensitive but firm enough to know grass vs Rock, vs limbs etc. I have a shougilang? Reel on it, and it's an unmatched performance! Because I'm alittle rough, the single piece design works for me better. To tell you how rough... I got very mad on the water 3 days ago, and I took this very rod and smacked it against everything, the water got hit at least 10 times, my kayak, trees..you get it ..it didn't break! I don't even think it scratched? I've had rods break because I touched the water reeling too hard. To top it off, the beautiful red color just gives me a sense of pride in my set up! And I like to match my rods and reels and the line, that red makes it easy. I have gray, black and red on these poles. Would I buy this rod again and or recommend? I just bought 4 more of these to set up... So yes!If you're anything like me, and read reviews and want good quality but you're frugal and don't want to spend much.. I get it! I found this rod and haven't looked back!AMAZON DOES NOT SHIP THIS IN A BOX, ITS SHIPPED JUST THE POLE. I've gotten damaged ones! It's not the pole. They get hung up in their vans and they rip and tear. The pole is fantastic! I throw this in the bed of truck a couple times a day-daily.. it holds up

Yes you can buy more sensitive rods, yes you can buy tougher rods but if you are after affordable, good quality, usable rod I don't think you can go wrong with them.

Great, went well with my sougiyilang red cork 8:1 bait casting reel

The rod was just what I ordered. Thank you for the inside delivery. Very satisfied.

This was a great rod for the money in the past. After buying one I have gone back to buy a total of seven now. It was a good solid medium heavy as it claims which I have made use of for live bait, cut bait, frogs, spinner baits, plastic baits, jigs, and any other single hook fishing application I can think of. I have these rods paired with bait casters using between 40 and 65 pound braided line as well as 30 pound Berley Big Game line and have over 100 hours use with older version rod now and have brought in a number of larger fresh water fish on them so far. The only negative reviews in the past I saw were based on shipping and not on the actual rod so they should be deleted from your consideration. The one person claiming that this rod was not heavy enough does not probably understand what medium heavy means and wanted no give at all which is not a good thing in my opinion. I had one of these stay submerged in a pond for eight days before I managed to actually catch the rod and reel on a crank bait. That specific rod is still working well years later with the cork just stained darker than the other rods I've purchased. I would put this up against a Fenwick that I got as prize since I could not pay the cost of five times what I pay for these. I've read the claims of breaking in transit and on small fish and this is not anything like the rods I've purchased over years now. I've managed to catch fish into the teens and 20s fairly frequent and larger still on occasion with no issue though I do use a net on the larger ones. The most recent new version was a miserable fail. Cork coming apart, tip came off and had to be replaced and most ridiculous fail was that the line guides are all offline to the right making you backlash and cast short. I loved and will continue to use and love the past version but I will never buy one of these or any other Berkley rods in the future.

Very good rod for the money. Not too expensive and hold up very well. I broke the fist one I bought a couple years back fighting off big bull reds in 20mph water even though this is ment for bass I put this rod through hell and it took the abuse very. well couldn't ask for more👍🏽