while you do have a valid point that spending the extra cash won't really "make" you a better fisherman, it does come down to quality. before owning legend extremes and legend tournaments, i used to have some mojos bass rods. while they performed well, they were built less than what i would consider quality. each rod i owned had at least 3 guide inserts fall out while some had 5. this was from using 10-15 lb fluoro...

without getting into a what's better and why you don't need to spend for a rod or why you do, i will just say i will 100% of the time pay twice the amount of money (St. Croix mojo vs St. Croix Legend tournament) for a rod that is built better and has a life time warranty vs a 5 year warranty. St. Croix's customer service is excellent as well.

I've only had one of the ceramic inserts come out of one of my Mojos and I just popped it back in after putting a little epoxy on it. I am actually surprised how rugged the guides are because I step on them a lot (I hate trying to get rods out of the crappy rod lockers on my boat so I just keep them on the deck) and they are no worse for wear after being bent back to the correct angle.

Like I said though, If I were the OP, I'd get the better rod if I had the budget for it. My main point is that if money is an issue, the Mojo is still a good rod. I hear all this crap about sensitivity and I tend to agree with the thread someone else started here about that...it's a highly overrated characteristic. Almost every fish I've caught this year has been on a 30 year old glass spinning rod and several of those fish were caught when they weren't hitting my tube so much as just picking it up off the bottom. In other words, there was no bite to be felt, just some steady resistance. I still knew they were there and still caught 'em even with my antique fishing implement

From someone that has used both, it's pretty silly comparing the two. they're not in the same zip code. The Avid and LTB are pretty close, but the Mojo is way down on the totem pole. I actaully don't recommend the Mojo series. Not impressed at all. They were a huge disappointment to me, not at all what I expected, having a dozen or so Avids.

Yet you have a GL2

I own and use Avids and Legend Tournaments too, and I am fine with the Mojos, I would buy another.

You can play with that GL2 if you ever jump on my boat. EVERYONE that has used it has been surprised. It's right there with an equally priced Avid, and a very comfortable handle to boot. Laugh at it all you want. The redesign was a good one.

Well i decided to get the mojo and use the saving to put towards another baitcasting combo.

I went out to the lake today with my new mojo/president combo. I was using a wacky rigged senko.

I caught 1 fish after about 20 min. The fish weighed about 2 lbs. And on the next cast i hung another

that felt about the same size, I fought it to the boat when it made a strong run and snapped my brand new

mojo rod between the 1st and second eye from the tip. Im going to take it back to bass pro shops to return it after work tomarrow. Is that a common problem for the mojo rods or did i just have bad luck? I might end up with the legend after all.

Sounds like you just have bad mojo

Sounds like you just have bad mojo

Thats funny right there i dont care who you are. LOL