Fastwater-- Don't know where you got your info on the Berkley Series One rods blanks being the same as G. Loomis' blanks. That is not the case. G. Loomis blanks are all made in Woodland. Berkley's blanks are not.

While G. Loomis does make some private-label rods, Berkley's are made in China.

I'm not putting down the Berkley product. I have several, and I like them. But G. Loomis quality they're not.

Keith