I went to Bass Pro in Jeffersonville, IN last night...checked out some rods while I was there. Had a slaes guy come up to me to offer assistance, etc...he was telling me that G-Loomis is now making the Shimano rods...so I go check out the Shimano rods he's talking about. He then proceeds to tell me that no matter what and for what ever reason if my Shimano rod were to break, get broken, stepped on, get caught in a window on it's way up or just what ever (no matter what), that if I bought one of these Shimano rods at Bass Pro, that Bass Pro will provide me with a full replacement no questions asked...he said I wouldn't even need a reciept, just bring it in and they'd replace right there on the spot.

The three Shimano rods he was showing were a Crucial, a Compre and a third one that I can't remember it's name. He said that even though you could tell a difference between these Shimano's and the G-Loomis rods, that you couldn't tell THAT MUCH of a difference. Anybody here have any experience with these Shimano rods I'm referring to? They're about a 100 bucks cheaper than the G-Loomis plus the warranty sounds good too. Any opinions?