My local farm store has a better fishing dept than Wal Mart. I was there today snooping around and there were All Star rods labeled ASTEAM with an Academy Sports tag on them .. They are bright red , ugly things but light weight. If I was blind folded and handed one I would think favorably of it. They are only thirty dollars. I'm wondering how they ended up here and what the original price was. Does anyone know how much they went for at Academy? I had no luck with google.

The Academy near me used to carry the All Stars. These were dark brown with a decent cork handle. I think they had a couple of spinning rods, and three casting. I almost bought one at one point. They were 49.95. They seemed like good sticks for the price.