Ugly Stik Carbon Spinning Fishing Rod

I have never cared for Ugly Stick. Heavy, unbalanced, felt cheap... but this one took me by surprise. First impressions are opposite to what I have listed. I paired it with a 2000 size reel and 6lb fluorocarbon line and it will cast a rapala F3 as far as my 4lb test ultralight does. I'm excited to get this thing to the river and get into some smallmouth as that's what I picked the 6'10" ML rod for finesse lures. I will update after a couple trips with it, but so far it's impressive.Update- Now that this rod has seen a couple dozen smallmouth, I have decided that I will probably get the 7'3 medium model for some bigger lures. This rod is awesome and a 12 inch smallmouth is a fun fight with it, but the medium light is not going to handle larger topwater lures as I expected, but a great finesse rod for sure.

This rod has great sensitivity, flexibility and is very light weight and balance. It is responsibly priced and performs just as good as higher priced rods on the market. I would recommend it to anyone. Used it in Canada walleye fishing it was awesome very sensitive tip performed as well as my as my 150 to 200 dollar rods.

Paired the rod with an equally attractive and reliable Penn reel. With this combo, along with braid line, I caught 9 bass on its first outing. The rod is light and ever so sensitive. I have several Loomis rods; love them all. This new Ugly Stik has earned its way into their company. Could not be more pleased.

I bought this as a finesse rod. Decent action and sensitivity but I can feel the difference in weight in my hand between this rod and my St.Croix. That being said it was less than half the cost of my St.Croix so I can’t complain.Update: so I lost this rod/reel overboard and recovered it a week later which was awesome. This is still a great spinning rod with one terrible negative. The hook keeper placement catches the line one me in about 1 in every 5 casts if I am not paying specific attention to when I release the line on the cast. For the love of all things holy why would you put this on the same side of the rod on a spinning setup? Put it on the backside at a minimum or on the blank between the grip and the butt!

Perfect for my needs. I like catching bass and trout under 10lbs and I just throw them back. This pole has been handling them perfectly fine. It even handled a big 10lbs catfish fine to my surprise that I didn't expect to catch lol. Casting with it has been very smooth paired with my Penn Clash 2 reel. Been casting a mile.

Yup...very nice.

This rod is light! VERY light! Almost to the point that you really look close to make sure it's not made with cheap parts from wherever. I haven't used it on the water yet but I'm sure since it's sporting the ugly stik logo it's almost indistructable. The package it came in was just a cardboard sheet and it had tears and it had gone through the postal service so I'm sure they weren't "gentle" with it but I unwrapped it expecting the worse and not even one guide was bent out of position. So I'm impressed so far, I'm sure it won't disappoint where it counts.OK it's been a while and I've used this rod... light as a feather and tough as nails! Yes the ring on the handle cover came loose on the first trip but some gorilla glue later... I love this rod

For the first time I tried an Ugly Stik rod purchase and I opted for one of their best offerings. Disappointed.In a 7', Medium-action length and with a 3000 sized reel, the rod tip is heavy. The balance point in the picture may look 'close enough' but it is not a good balance for jig fishing of any type, which is a popular reason to purchase a spinning rod. Furthermore, the first eye (largest) was about 15 degrees rotated counterclockwise and that led to a strange misalignment. After some simple tests in the home, I could tell the sensitivity was not phenomenal by any stretch.With an MSRP of 79.99 I think this is a poor value. I really don't see any redeeming qualities, the more I contemplate it while writing this review. Also, the packaging from this supplier was awful. The rod was just sitting in a plastic bag.