Quoting from Jason's review above "With the Caddis Fly tenkara rods, Fountainhead has created an entry level rod for people who are intrigued by the whole idea of tenkara, but aren't yet sold enough to buy even a medium priced rod." that was me. I ordered and recieved my 12 ft caddis rod in a day or two. I have more rods and reels than I actually need due to transactions on the FOR SALE forum(:>). The combination of the $55 price and discussion wiht one of my campers outside of YNP last summer caught my interest to have Santa get one for me. Due to surgery I haven't tried it out yet but am looking forward to Smokies Trout and the bluegills in my lake.