calamaretti worth the $

[BlackWater]

Olympic / GraphiteLeader is one of the fewer companies that still have some of their rods made in Japan. The quality of the rods are quite respectable, afterall Olympic manufactures shafts for Golf Clubs. I had several Olympic's rods, including Blanco, Calamaretti Nuovo, Calamaretti Rosso. Eging with them had been quite enjoyable. I did have 1 or 2 broken as well.



To be honest, not all things made in China are bad or not all goods made in Japan are good either. 13readen and Shimano have their rods made in China, but I would say Shimano had maintained quite a good reputation for its rods. I have 2 eging reels, Shimano Sephia CI4, Daiwa Exists and Daiwa Certate 2500 with 2506 RCS Shallow Spool. I had been using the Sephia CI4 since it was launch and there wasn't any problem with it at all. With my 2 Daiwas, the Exists had a busted anti-reverse that the agents can't solve, the Certate had a busted main gear after approximately 120hrs of use. (When we get out to field test our jigs its usually intense eging for a period of a week). All of them Made in Japan ... its just that Daiwa doesn't seem to be the Daiwa it used to be ...