Are shimano fishing rods good quality?
I thought they were. I have a 2 piece nexane 662 spin. It was an awesome rod, i have had it for nearly a year. Then today when i was resetting the drag on my reel the top piece just snapped in half.
It was really good to use, so i don't know if
Shimano, like the other "major" rod manufactures, have a line of rods that range from absolute crap to pretty good. They used to only have crap to "ehh - ok" rods until a few years back when the acquired G.Loomis and started implementing
Flying in for a taste of Arnhemland barra fishing were Toyo Shimano, head honcho for Shimano in the US, Justin Poe, who handles all Shimano Product
He fought the fish with a Shimano rod, Shimano Torium 30 reel loaded with 40-pound line and an 80-pound leader. "It felt like a really good fish," said
"For boats, it's been rods, reels and trolling motors. We've done a ton of that stuff. We sold over 500 Shimano rods this week!" Do fishing rod sales
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