I think that used to be a lot more true than it is now...but it's still more true than not.

It definitely used to be that lower end rods came with one year, or no warranties, and more expensive rods had a couple of replacements built into the price with lifetime warranties.

When it comes to the Lamiglas rods I've been using for a long, long time...well, let's just say they don't make much money off of me since I am so hard on my gear and they have the best return/replace program in the market, bar none. You guys who buy one and never break it are definitely subsidizing me

That being said, I have a couple of Berkeley rods that I use for jigging for lingcod and for throwing swimbaits for tuna, and they cost about $80 a pop and have lifetime warranties...and if I only had $100 to spend on a steelhead rod I'd probably get another Berkeley rod.

Fish on...

Todd