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.