Good rod itself but the plastic gear on the reel eats away quickly would recommend getting the 25$ metal Martin reel and respooling onto that reel it’s basically the same reel but slightly smaller and metal

I bought this combo as an inexpensive intro to fly fishing. And it's been great for that. There are two issues to be aware of after you've been at it for a while - the rod is labeled as a 5/6 weight rod, but when tested by the Common Cents method, actually comes out as 7.4 weight (so you might want a heavier fly line than the one it comes with). I also learned after using it for a while that the reel has no easy to adjust drag setting (at first, I thought it had no drag setting). It's an all-or-none setting, and you have to take the reel apart and change the pawl inside to change the setting. SO - it's still a great intro to the sport, good for beginning and deciding if fly fishing is something you'd like to pursue.

I just bought this in may and boy am I happy with it started fly fishing with it and it is great for beginners

I bought it today and the reel wouldnt click into place, but after trial and tribulation and throwing it on concrete it finally started working. You should really mention you have to curb stomp it before it works.

I bought this on a whim to take with me on a recent vacation. I fish mainly lakes and target smallmouth and largemouth bass. I had noticed on a previous trip bass feeding on the surface on spiders and flying insects at typical times and figured it would be worth a shot over the week to see if some of the topwater bass-specific flies would work and at this price what was the downside. I was nervous since I fish from a kayak and had never used a fly rod before. This was perfect! Can't recommend it enough to give fly fishing a try. I'll upgrade for sure. On 3 of the 7 nights, I caught fish on the rod when nothing else was working. On top of that fighting a bass on a fly rod from a kayak was the best experience I had all week.