Then how about buying a $12K Kia to drive to work instead of driving around in a big $40K pickup truck?

The point is that there are always cheaper ways to get it done just as well as the expensive ways...and the fact that it is cheaper does not make it more enjoyable, or better, it just makes it a cheaper way to get it done.

Some folks revel in the idea that they can do something cheaper, no matter what it is...and I can see why they would feel that way.

Some folks don't care what anything costs...they will always buy the most expensive thing they can get, assuming it is better just because it costs more.

I think the answer is more nuanced than that...the answer is to think about why you would or would not buy an expensive rod, and whether or not that reason is worth the extra money to you. If it is, then do it...if it's not, then don't.

Fish on...

Todd