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Love this rig! I hadn't fished in years, but I walk along the James River on my way home from work and wanted to see if perhaps maybe I could catch dinner along the way some nights. This setup easily fits into my backpack. Yesterday, 04/20/18, was Day Two. I struck out on Day One, but wasn't surprised, given that the James is in flood right now. Can you imagine how much more surprised I was to pull a 28 inch, 11 pound Channel Cat from the floodwaters the next day? See pics of the monster in my tub. It fought me for ten minutes and the thing was so big I had to hand my pole to a passerby and jump in the river to haul it out by hand. (Didn't have a net. Guess what I'm buying today?) Both pole and reel performed admirably. Would buy them again in a heartbeat. PLEASE NOTE: DESPITE THE PICTURE, WHAT YOU GET IS A ROD, REEL AND BAG FOR ROD, NOTHING ELSE. (That's why it's so inexpensive.) Also please note that I did not receive a discount or free merchandise to write this review. And for those who are curious, my bait was a small piece of hotdog about the size of my thumbnail, smeared in Magic 11-12 Catfish Bait and hanging from a small bobber about six feet from the riverbank.