Goture//Telescopic Tenkara Fishing Rod//Ultralight Travel Fishing Rod,Portable Collapsible Bass Crappie Rod,1 Piece Carbon Fiber Inshore Stream Trout Pole 10 12 15 18 21 24 Free Tip Set(Top 3 Segment)

I bought these rods to try out tenkara, and they are working so well, I do not feel a need to upgrade. If you are also looking to try tenkara, then pay attention to which of these models you order. I compared the weight and thicknesses listed in the description to the pricier tenkara rods that I was interest in, and chose the model closest to it. For me, it was the red fox models in 12 and 15 feet, though I also bought a 15' jinzhu model to try using for redfish while kayaking the flats in the near future. It is significantly heavier though, and not as effortless to cast as the red fox.I have been using level line (actually, just 10 and 12 lb mono so far, with 4 lb and 6 lb floro respectively for tippet, on the 12 and 15 foot red fox). I will upgrade to flouro for the main line, and may even break down and buy some high visibility actual tenkara level line at some point. So far, I have been able to see the clear mono pretty well though. I had an intermediate background in regular fly fishing, and was able to adjust to the tenkara cast, with the fly hitting the water before the line, pretty rapidly. If you are not familiar, the tenkara cast is done best if you can visualize flinging the paint off of a paintbrush at a 45 degree angle above and behind you, stopping your rod at about the 12 o'clock position, using more of your wrist than you would in normal fly casting. As the line loads the rod on the backcast, move it forward, and stop it at about 10 o'clock. As the fly is about to land, you can drop the tip a bit and follow through. A little experimenting, and you should get it. If not, turn your head and watch how the line performs and loads the rod.Some have said these rods look cheap, but I find them very attractive and well made, particularly the red fox. You just have to adjust to not having cork on the butt, but I like the look and feel of the woven material. There are cheaper brands of this type of rod on Amazon, but i believe they are all fiberglass rather than carbon fiber. I have a lot of rods and reels of all types, and I may fish with them again, probably will, but right now I am fascinated by the simplicity and performance of these rods, and have not used any of my others in the month and a half since trying these out. Highly recommended, and you don't have much to lose for the price.

I am editing this from 5 to 4 stars because they no longer supply a free tip set...I fear I risk the price going up on this wonderful product, but here goes...I've seen a lot of people online wondering if they can or should attempt to try out Tenkara with a "cheap Chinese rod." I can now say that you can, and you should. I went the opposite direction, jumping both feet into it 3 years ago with a Dragontail product, then a blank/kit from tenkaracustoms (exact same product as Maxcatch). Both good products for the price. After a few episodes of breaking tips and ordering replacements (I'm accident prone), I decided it's time to experiment. I have also been interested in creating a hybrid, through-blank with mini-reel hybrid fly-tenkara rod, which brought me to this.After one failed experiment with a "cheap Chinese rod," I started researching much more carefully and thoroughly. When I saw that these Goture rods had the same weight and diameter per length specs as the high dollar, American marketed, but still "cheap Chinese" in origin rods, I figured it was worth another shot. This has now become my go-to Tenkara rod. All great, with one downside...First let me say that I thought I would miss the swivel-tip lilian. I don't notice any difference whatsoever. And besides, the relatively expensive Dragontail rods no longer have that (but they are working on bringing them back). It just doesn't matter. I noticed quickly that when the rod is bent over with a fish, the terminal 3 sections (note you get spares of these thrown in, which is quite generous) don't form a perfect arc. It looks sort of segmented, if that makes sense. My intuition told me that this may mean it will be more prone to breakage, and I waited until I got a relatively sizable fish before reviewing this. Fortunately, that happened this afternoon. Not a huge fish-- about a 2.5 lb bass-- but big enough to give me confidence that this thing will allow me to play something bigger than the little trout people seem to think Tenkara is only good for. I've landed 6 lb + steelhead and bass on Tenkara rods-- don't buy the only good for small fish stories the haters tell you. They just get jealous that the Tenkara technique outfishes the expensive, noisy, yuppy fly gearhead techniques. I was a Western flyfisher for 25 years prior to this, so I feel I can take the liberty to say that.Another upside-- the nature of the grip, or lack thereof, really allows you to detect the most minute of strikes. Suddenly I'm hooking up all those missed strikes. I used to blame those on small fish. I was largely right about that. But now I get instant feedback if one of those little fellas even looks at the fly. And, as is the case with Tenkara in general, I'm never positive that I'm getting 10 times the number of strikes as my fishing buddies, but maybe just detecting them better. Even moreso without the thick cork grip-- still learning after all these years.Fit and finish is beautiful, putting companies like Dragontail to shame. It casts beautifully. All the grace of my other Tenkara rods (if not more), plus the lower backbone to throw heavier flies.It's longer when collapsed than expensive Tenkara rods, and it has that weird segmented bend at the end, but at this price, it's 5 stars all the way. Time to order some in other lengths...

I bought this to support a wire antenna for outdoor and portable Ham radio operating. It sets up fast, each section just needs a bit of twist to "set" them in place. I used a fairly lightweight wire, and the top 3 sections do droop a bit, so i generally just don;t pull those last 3 sections of pole out. It even came with extra top-3 sections, in case they break. Great price, lightweight pole, and even comes with a nice nylon carry bag.

It's not goog...it broke very quickly

Primary use for me is float fishing for carp. We don't seem to have many small ones here... I got the 7.2m goldlite, which is supposed to be super hard action, but with a 3-4kg carp on the end you're using most of the length to fight the fish. I broke the 2nd section trying to land a fish. Don't go more than 1 o'clock with any strain or it'll snap. Probably better suited to fish 2kg or less, but I've landed a couple nudging 4kg. Takes some thoughtful angling to turn the fish though.Not as well made as other Chinese tenkara and keiryu rods, but still pretty good for the price. Glad it comes with a spare top 3 sections, though I may need more spares if I'm not careful. Hopefully they're available and not too pricey...

This product is probably a decent quality product, thats if you know what the hell a tenkara rod is. When it arrived I was like, Where is the eyelets for the fishing rod? Thats probabaly because I am a bit ignorant of what a tenkara rod is. So heads up! This fishing rod is for people who know what a tenkara rod is but not for your average joe who expects to throw a reel on it and cast for fish. Those people should stay away!

Fishing.....

Little bit too much money for the quality