I have 4 of these rods in different actions and all work great for the money,no they are no g.loomis but I think the G.loomis are way over rated it just becomes a game of my rod cost more than your rod with some people because for my money st.coix is the best on the market bar none and I do have five g.loomis but sometime they are just as good at catching fishermen as they are at catching fish