BPS, will only warrant your rod's for so long. I had a 7' 6" bionic blade flipping stick and the screw that fastens your reel down at the real seat stripped out and would not tighten. I took it to the Bass Pro in Nashville without a receipt and wanted only to replace it with another one. They checked some number on the rod and then told me it was no longer warrantied. I spoke to management and they told me the same thing. I got really ticked at em, told them they could just keep the rod, it wasn't doing me any good broken! Don't plan on buying another Bass Pro Rod!