I have a St Croix Rod that I have used for about two years and have had it break on me (due to my fault), and they do have a lifetime warranty on most of their rods and I love it. You might want to try Cabelas rods which are good ones to use. Also, I have an Orvis rod that works very well and they have an index on the action of their rods. So if there is a rod that you have that you like the action of, you can call them and tell them which rod and they will tell you which rods will have the same action.

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