maybe I should have posted this question to a new thread.

does anyone else have any experience with cabelas rods other than bowmaker1. Do their rods performance match that of the top brands? Soup says the blanks of the FT models are the same as the Loomis GL3. Does anyone else know if their other models are also Loomis or perhaps another top brand blank? If you can save $ buying the same rod, get a nice warranty (25yrs), and have the same rod regardless of the name(since fish can't read anyways) should I buy one? Any praise or gripes from you with cabelas?