Daughter had to have it, she loves playing with my sons pole in the backyard and I had a Amazon GC so . . .I read the reviews, wasn't that excited. It got here and I am actually impressed so far. The weight hasn't fallen off, but I tied it with a legit fishing loop. The rod is of good quality. I could see easily catching up to a 3 or 4 lb fish with it. Anything larger and its just not long enough, but you may be able to land it. The return works great on this one, no tangles, no reeling with no line coming in. The only thing I'd say is your kids will get the line tangled on the tip quite frequently. If you are not a fisher you will wonder how they did it, but if you ARE a fisher, it will be easy to get the line straight, its not magic.
Daughter had to have it, she loves playing with my sons pole in the backyard and I had a Amazon GC so. . . I read the reviews, wasn't that excited. It got here and I am actually impressed so far. The weight hasn't fallen off, but I tied it with a legit fishing loop. The rod is of good quality. I could see easily catching up to a 3 or 4 lb fish with it. Anything larger and its just not long enough, but you may be able to land it. The return works great on this one, no tangles, no reeling with no line coming in. The only thing I'd say is your kids will get the line tangled on the tip quite frequently. If you are not a fisher you will wonder how they did it, but if you ARE a fisher, it will be easy to get the line straight, its not magic.