Berkley Cherrywood HD Spinning Fishing Rods

Posting a good photo of a fishing rod is tough. I got this rod on sale for under $22.00. I paired it with a Vintage Penn 4300ss. The combo is perfect. The rod is excellent for working light artificial baits and has great feedback. It is lightweight and perfectly balanced. The handle is well made and provides excellent grip. I am very picky about my fishing gear so I was skeptical about the value for the price. It has exceeded my expectations.

I've got 2 of these rods, one bait casting and on spinning. Probably one of the best values out there for fishing rods. They look and feel great, aren't too heavy and have decent sensitivity. Only thing I noticed was that the reel on the spinning rod seemed to have a decent amount of slop when locking it down, but once cranked down right it took most of it out. The medium weight has a true fast action. It feels great, well balanced. I can see myself buying more of these in the future.

Wasnt sure about the pole after reading some reviews but for the price just grabbed it. The quality of the pole is great and love the color. Have it paired with my okuma ceymar 3000 and the functionality and durability is top notch, my favorite pole for castability, launchs small lures far.

Just had to replace mine today after getting a couple of really good years of use out of it. The rod looked great and fished great up until I landed a decent-sized catfish while using 6-pound test line despite the rod having a maximum line rating of 4 pounds. Likely would have been fine, except I made the mistake to pulling the flathead catfish up and out of the water using the rod instead of handling the line myself. The rod snapped between the second and third eyelet. I had it paired with a KastKing Royale Legend Glory 1,000-size spinning reel, which is a great combo. They look like they were made for each other. I must admit, though, that I replaced it with an Ugly Stik Lite Pro 5-foot ultralight with a maximum 6-pound line rating and two more eyelets. The Cherrywood HD 5-foot ultralight is great for panfish, but I do catch bigger fish fairly often while fishing for bluegill and crappie. The Berkeley is a bit overmatched by the occasional oversized fish. So I gave it 4 stars instead of 5.

The first outing with this rod I caught a ten inch rainbow. The tip broke just below the second guide as I was reeling in the fish. I did manage to land the fish though. Needless to say, the rod was not very durable and I would not recommend it.

First impression is this is a really nice rod for the price, feels great but i just hope it can handle the beating ill put it through. The 7' medium fast is much thinner and lighter than my penn 7' medium rod is. So far im impressed with it.

Nice rod, perfect weight for a 2000 spinning reel.

Very great rod. 2 piece breakdown for travel great in the river. Easy to feel the hits. Definitely worth the price