I bought a used BPS pro qualifier reel on an XPS rod from craigslist for a really good deal in the spring. It is by far the nicest setup i have now. It is butter smooth and casts a country mile. The rod is a tad bit heavy, but has good sensitivity and has the action and backbone i think of what in a MH-Fast rod. It has convinced me that my next few reel purchases will be a Pro Qualifier instead of the Revo S i was considering.
As for who makes em, It seems like a big conspiracy to cover that fact up. Either they are made by Shimano, and Shimano doesnt want that info getting out so that they can keep charging twice as much for reels with their onw name on it.... or BPS wants it covered up because they are all Zebco's made in China. In Reality, most of these companies design a reel and then contract factories in China or Korea to make the product for them. And sometimes multiple companies hire the same plant. So BPS reels are probably really Designed by a guy who worls for BPS, then the production may be accompliched at a plant that is also contracted to build Abus, Shimano, Daiwa, etc.
This practice is common in other sectors of business as well. For instance camping tents... a coleman or ozark trail you buy at wal-mart runs a really good chance of being manufactured in the same building but on a different line as a Kelty or MSR tent costing 3x as much...
But that all is just my hypothesis...
My big question is more Rod related. Regardless of where they are assembled, where do they get their blanks to make the rods???
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