anyone have any experiance with them? i was looking at the microlite combo at wallmart for 20$ but was wondering if i should be patiant and get a better one on line. i just hate waiting for stuff becouse i live in canada and get it deliverd to the u.s.a to save cost but have to go get it.

South Bend is not usually high quality. It depends on what you want to do with it. Might be fine for panfish but I'm the type that even for that kind of fishing I still want a $100 combo to do it with.

The only experience I have with SouthBend are my Hurricane Redbone rods, I have a Calico Jack too. SouthBend has taken Hurricane over, not sure who really makes the rods. Redbone are my favorite rods, I have 8 of them, never has one broken regardless of fish size, plenty sensitive for me and they cost about $90. Only negative, which I have not encountered, is warranty, it's lifetime but the rods have to be shipped back to Southbend, they are no longer over the counter exchange.

i would usually go for the good stuff too but in quebec we are allot closer to the end of the season than to beggining so i think i will get the cheap south bend to see if i even like ultra lite fishing with a 4# mono because all i can find here is 10# braid or bigger. and wait till the montreal fishing and hunting show to get the good stuff.

I'd go with shakespeare stuff before I'd try southbend products if available to you.