I went looking for an under $75 rod today and found this rod for $60.  I wanted to pair it with a Curado 200 E7.  I have put together a lot of combos this year trying to keep the total combo price under $250.  Never used an All Star before.  Wow, was I impressed.  It felt similar to my $150 Avid rod, but way less. 

All Stars are a real Sleeper, especially the Platinum series which is actually the old Titanium series rods with Fuji guides instead of the Titanium ones.

The 783 series was actually known as the topwater special rod. Don't let the light power rating fool you, the action is actually Ex-fast. They had a Zell Rowland sig series as well in that action. You can use it for topwater and it works great but I've found that that rod is an outstanding jerkbait rod.

Enjoy.