I admit that I was more than a little nervous about ordering a rod from a fairly young, and relatively obscure company like Cadence. But, it was the best purchase I've made in recent times for fishing kit. This rod is absolutely outstanding!!! I ordered the 6 ft 6 in 2 pc Light Power Moderate Fast action rod. When I first opened the box and simulated casting with it, I was worried about how "whippy" it was. But knowing how phenomenal Amazon customer service is, and how great their return policies are I figured, what's the worst that could happen? This rod is extremely light. Lighter than my beloved Fenwick Eagle. Every part of it feels premium. The balance is 2nd to none. So I mated my new Pflueger President reel (3000 size) to it and casted a few times with just a sinker attached to the line (the line I use now is Suffix Elite Mono.) It was better than I could've ever hoped for. It casts great distances seamlessly. I bought this rod on a whim right before my recent Trout trip out to Western MD in the fall of 2017. It performed perfectly. We caught nearly 100 trout in 3 days. This rod has quite a bit of bend in it under load, but it has More than enough back bone to haul nice fish in. In fact, I caught an 18 inch rainbow that weighed over 4 lbs on the trip. That fish was no match for my new rod and reel. I feel confident enough in this rod that I'd easily take it small mouth bass fishing. This this is a steal at $50! It could easily be priced between $80-120 and still be a deal. These are sleeper rods if there ever were such a thing. My one and only little gripe: the hook keeper. It's the bent, nearly flush type. I had a jig head or 2 pop off of it before I could reel in the slack to keep it in place. But hey, who cares? I cannot say enough positive things about this rod. If Cadence does this good of a job with rods, I'll have to make it a point to eventually try out their reels. You've made a believer out of me. I'll buy only Cadence rods from here on out. I'm going to outfit both my wife and my son with these rods from here on out. Side note: Cadence donates a portion of their sales to helping kids get out to fish. This is extremely important to me as a fisherman. This is also one of the reasons I decided to buy a piece of their gear. So go and buy a rod from them immediately!!!

CR5 2 piece 6' 6" mf paired with CS8 spinning reel. I use this rod for walleyes, using crawlwer harnesses. Landed many fish with this combo.

The rod broke just below the first guide below the tip while lifting a tiny fish into the boat. I net all fish over 13 or 14 inches, this one was 9 to 10 inches about 1/3 of a pound.

Rod was well out of warranty period. I sent an email to Cadence to find out if they sold the top half of the rod. If they did it would be less expensive than a complete rod. Unfortunately
they don't sell the top half, but to my surprise they offered to send me a free replacement rod.

It arrived three days after their email.

I have two CR5 rods, like both of them. My CS8 spinning reel works great, smooth with a great drag.

It appears Cadence actually cares about their customers, a rare occurrence in these times.
I will be purchasing more equipment from them in the future.

Thank you Cadence, your support is appreciated.

Jim

I've owned rods from $10 to $300+ over my nearly 40yrs of fishing and, more often than not, you get what you pay for. This Cadence rod seems to be one of those rare times when I actually got more than I bargained for. Looks nice, feels smooth, casts well and accurately, handles bass like a champ and it was packaged very well"¦.which I like to see. I also like that it has so many and such nice eyelets and I always like cork handles/grips. At first I thought the reel seat was a little on the weak side but, so far, it's handled small mouth up to 5lbs with no issues whatsoever. This is my first ever product from Cadence and it definitely WON'T be the last. I would recommend and have recommended this brand/rod. It's a keeper! Good job Cadence and keep it up.

Update: 2nd trip out, the reel seat started loosening up after the 1st cast. Had to retighten during every cast thereafter until, finally, it just gave up and my reel fell off. Appears to be little to no adhesive. Too bad because the rod feels really nice and casts well.

Fantastic rod, very well built. Holding this rod next to an Orvis or other high-end rods. It is hard tell the difference. Built well and 👀looks fantastic.

Please, if you're on the fence about purchasing a fishing rod, look no further.

I would consider myself an amateur when it comes to getting back into fishing again. I was in the market for the best spinning rod I could get while keeping a budget of around $100 to build a nice summer bass fishing spinning combo.

I liked that this rod was cork, and looked very nice in the product images. I read through many reviews and all were amazed by this fishing rod. I've never heard of the brand before but I couldn't resist ordering one for only $60 bucks!

Came VERY well packaged in a typical cylindrical tube. No damages or scratches on the graphite or cork.

I ordered the 7 foot 2 piece medium spinning rod. Paired it with a white kastking crixus reel and 35 pound yellow braid on a 8 foot 15lb fluorocarbon leader.

So here's the deal : I was totally lost for words casting with this fishing rod. Casts incredibly smooth! Has the perfect amount of backbone while having a fast tip. The sensitivity of this fishing rod is unbelievable.

The smallmouth bass fishing here on Lake Erie is in its prime and it's not difficult to land 5 pound smallmouths. I fished this rod using a drop shot rig and casted from shore. This is by far the best fishing rod I've ever used for smallmouth fishing. Strong hook set, super durable, incredibly smooth, lightweight, sensitive, and is a blast to reel fish in with!

It beats my KastKing perigee II bass rod all day long. This is my new favorite all around spinning rod!

I've fished with my friends LEWS spinning combo he paid $350 dollars for and it doesn't even compare to this spinning rod.

Cadence has my respects in terms of fishing rods. Unbelievable quality at a fantastic price!

If you didn't order this spinning rod already, you're wasting time!