I've never trusted a combo rod/reel and probably never will. Just too easy for a company to mix and match on you. It can also, depending in store, be more difficult to replace in the event something breaks. I've never really felt there was a lot of convenience to be had and if you follow the sales you can often get those components for less if you buy them at the right time of year.

If the rod is as good as the Burgundy blank rods even as far back as 15 years ago, the rod itself is a steel at that price, The Extreme and Bionic have been great rods and way under priced since their introduction.

I agree. I LOVE the Extreme and Bionic Blade Rods. I was moving out of my house in college after graduation, moving back home and broke about an inch off one of my Extremes in the door. I was so irritated. I ended up getting a new guide for the tip and been using it for about 4 years since. Caught a bunch of fish on it since. Love their rods

I bought one of the baitcasters so we are giong to find out just how it performs. An aluminum frame baitcaster for $60 is hard to pass up. When i barked about the combo they had not having lefties the guy told me that even though it looks like the same reel it was only made for that combo. I have no clue what that means, he could be full of it. Its going to be my topwater reel.

The Bionic combo's are NOT the same rod and reel being sold individually. They do not put them together in store, the combo's are put together at the factory and shipped to us that way.

The Bionic combo's are NOT the same rod and reel being sold individually. They do not put them together in store, the combo's are put together at the factory and shipped to us that way.

What is the difference in the rod over the white BB sold separately???

Lower guide count and different blank. They don't feel the same to me atleast. The individual rods are Micro guide as well.

 

I did forget that they pair the ones sold individually as a combo like they do with the rest of their rod/reel models, but the ones that were on sale in the Classic ad were a lower end model that is not put together in the store.

after going to bass pro and trying holding one, I would get a different reel if you plan on fishing with it all day. That Bionic reel is heavy and will wear you out. For  a pretty cheap reel that should preform well, I would out and get an Abu Cardinal. They are only about $30 and pretty decent little reels. I have a Daiwa Exceller that I would highly recommend as well, its about $80 though.