In my book, a thought, is an opinion. My opinion would be save the money for that rod and use it to pay for the shipping cost of a Beginner Set from Tenkara Bum or Tenkara USA. Or one of the lower priced Tenkara Times rods from Anthony at Three Rivers Tenkara.

They are companies that supply rod models that I have used and believe any of them would be from mid to high quality, depending upon the model you choose. My bet is the Amazon rod would likely be of much lower quality than any of the rods from any of the three companies mentioned. There may be decent rods from some of the other tenkara companies too. But I have never delt with any of them nor seen any of their products.

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