I love my Daiwa Light & Tough TL-661-5RB (6'6" Heavy) rod. It has served me well all season, but I just spent some Christmas money on the Kistler Magnesium Chatterbait rod (6'10" MH) for spinners, chatters, booyah boogie, etc...It is rated

$200 for a quality rod is not that much these days in fact if you averaged the cost of the higher priced rods out from most top manufacturers you will see that average to be closer to $229-249. Obviously custom rods built on Loomis or Croix blanks costs