Hey everyone, looking to invest in a new rod..

My 7' Spinner/Worm Skeetreese just blew up on a hookset on a fish that was less than a pound, dicks wont let me return it.. long story short i want to purchase a new rod that is the best overall.. I was looking at the AbuGarcia Veritas.. any suggestions?

cant go wrong with the Veritas I love mine and am buying 5 more

Great rod. Vendetta isnt bad either. See which feels better in hand. Take your reel with you to try it on.

In that price range I would also consider the Falcon Bucoo. It is an unbelievable value in that price range. I became a Falcon fan years ago when a dealer showed me that they spined all their rods. At the time few if any production rod companies did that. I don't know if they still do, but we have a couple of Bucoos in the family and they live up to Falcons heritage.

Nothing wrong with the ABU's either. The blanks are every bit as good as the Bucoo if not better, but the craftmanship isn't as good as the Bucoo. Can't go wrong with any of these so far mentioned.

You don't seem to be the kind of guy who is worried about warranty or you would be sending the Skeet rod back. So you might want to consider the new Powell Diesel. You get a rod that compares with the $100 +- crowd but it has no warranty, so they sell it for $70+-. If it breaks, you buy something else. I've heard good things about those.

Good luck!

You made a pretty big statement, "the very best."

I would suggest as a best, the Legend Elite form St. Croix, in a LEC68MXF, increadibly light and sensative, with decent backbone, most others prefer LEC70MHF. For light weeds and open water I love the LEC68MXF

I've said it before, it's awful hard to buy a better rod than a St. Croix Avid for the money, 1/2 the price of the Legend Elite, and you can get same power and action in that line, and they will warranty either one for life! You won't get better customer service than St. Croix!

Hey everyone, looking to invest in a new rod..

My 7' Spinner/Worm Skeetreese just blew up on a hookset on a fish that was less than a pound, dicks wont let me return it.. long story short i want to purchase a new rod that is the best overall.. I was looking at the AbuGarcia Veritas.. any suggestions?

Everyone has their own view of the "very best", so you may want to put a price range on what you are considering as G.Loomis, St. Croix, Megabass all have top end rods that for between $300 to $500 depening on the series and model.

I agree that wanting the "very best" is a pretty open statement. There are very good rods in all the different price ranges and it just depends on what you want to spend. If you're looking at something in the price range of your Skeet Reese, I would definitely look at the Denali Jadewood series. This line is a very big seller for Denali and I honestly don't think you'll find a nicer rod in that price range. I use a Jadewood cranking rod and you would never know it was only a $100 rod. Going up in price is the Denali Rosewood series, which is what I use. They are in the $200 range and are comparable to the Loomis IMX rods I had previously been using. All of these rods come with a limited lifetime warranty.