Daiwa Aird X vs St. Croix Bass X

Great rod for the price light and plenty of backbone and sensitive enough to fill the lightest bite would definitely recommend for a budget fisherman I would definitely buy one again

Looking at reels, I suggest the 60-80 (US) dollar range. Rods to check out include St. Croix Bass X, Daiwa Aird X, Dobyns Fury, and the Fenwick HMG or Eagle.

When loaded, the line touches the blank between almost every guide, resulting in a "twang" noise when rotated slightly. 7 guides plus the tip is the bare minimum for a 7'3" casting and is insufficient for a rod with this much flex. I plan to reguide it, and will probably end up with a 9-10 guide train. This rod is rated at MH power, fast action

If you’re looking for an all around combo go for something around 7’ medium heavy power fast action. Dobyns fury, fenwick HMG, st Croix bass X, are all strongly recommended here. Those may be a little above your price range but they are worth it

Um, it's not cheap either. Like some of your doc, your some of your ducket rods. This actually does have a decent guide with a nice insert tool as wel...

I go mid tier, I have the St. Croix bass x and a lews KVD reel. Not exactly cheap but not too expensive to piss the wife off. But the sensitivity on that rod far exceeds my Berkeley cherrywood by a long shot

I ended up buying an Aird-X despite the negative feedback I got from this sub. I bought a 7' heavy for punching and frogging. I was not expecting much but holy moly was I blown away by it's build quality, sensitivity (esp for a heavy), weight and balance. I am totally convinced this rod is a loss-leader for Daiwa

Bought this rod expecting a well built product. What I got was a rod that snapped 4 inches off the tip when I cast it with a Texas rigged small rage tail! I was embarrassed to have this junk in my boat! Cabela's quickly gave my money back. Their customer service is top notch and they gave me no hassles in returning this tooth pick back to them. The rod was light and sensitive to use, I wish it would have been more dependable than breaking on the first cast! I was going to buy one as a gift for a friend before I used the one that broke

So yeah, there we go. Felt good for the first fish. All right, let's bring them out. All right

St Croix is awesome though and went back to Bass Pro and they gave me 120$ store credit because i had the receipt. Got a mojo bass dock sniper and it snapped casting a jig too. Got a store credit since i had the receipt and now i have a mojo spinning and it’s still doing great. Rods feel great in the hand but i feel like some rods are cheaply made