Ugly StikCatfish Special Spinning Fishing Rod

This is a case of the reel coming before the rod. Recently I ran into a couple new Okuma Trio 55 spinning reels, a series I've always liked but was discontinued years ago, and my 30 series have limitations. Not being able to pass them up, and much to my wife's chagrin, the search began for a matching medium/heavy spinning rod for King salmon. Enter these "catfish" rods. LOLI haven't used yet due to purchasing during the winter, but I have plenty of experience with various Ugly Stik rods on large fish. I have no doubt this version will uphold the standard.These are fairly priced, attractive, light enough, possess plenty of backbone for heavy, powerful fish, are equipped with the one-piece stainless steel guides (no inserts!), and have grippy rubberized shrink wrap handles. And the 8' 2-piece rods makes for easy transport.I could have done far worse!These Ugly Stik rods are the real deal for big fish.

It’s a great rod light,strong but still has plenty of stopping power have it paired whith a PENN Battle 3 6000HS it works like charm perfect rod for a small bass to a 30 pound catfish won’t be an issue absolutely great price point!

It's only because I got a casting version instead of the spinning one I need. However I will say after I got my Spinning one from another place it did not look as nice as the casting one which sort of disappointed me. The casting one had darker orange finish and less factory defects. As the spinning one had a bunch of nicks and a lighter orange finish but of course no crying anymore. It's not like any local fishing store near me has this rod on display and ready to go I went to multiple places and they all said " We Can Order the Rod for You" and it cost like 40 bucks more JUST because of shipping... smh. I still give it five stars bc obviously UGLY STIK.

No me agrado porque no concuerda con los detalles la descripción y el título

I bought this as a gift and the person loves it. He said it is a very nice rod and isn't too heavy.

Being a cat fishing rod, it's a shame it doesn't glow in the dark with a black light :( You would think Shakespeare would be on that.

Casts well. Can really bomb a 3 ounce sinker and bait to where the fish are. Should be indestructible since it’s an Ugly Stik. Paid for expedited delivery and arrived in time to set up with a Daiwa 5000 sized spinning reel.

I ordered the wrong type of rods, needed casting rods but they looked like quality spinning rods.

I paired it with penn pursuit iv 6000 and i couldn’t tell how happy i am. It has changed my fishing experience. This rod takes those bad boys like a charm.

Ha. Nice rod. 9ft decent for tossing a good distance. Caught a bunch of diff size cats even the tiny ones were fun still. Classic ugly stick feel to it. Happy with purchase. Can find it cheaper at tackle shop IF you can find it.

A little stiff for my bank rod needs, decent construction. I did land a nice sturgeon with one. I would buy the standard catfish model next time.