Lixada Fishing Rod Reel Combo Mini Pen Fishing Pole Kit Telescopic Fishing Rod Spinning Reel Combo Kit

I keep this in my car or backpack for spur of the moment fishing. The reel isn't very well made(mostly plastic) and I'd suggest immediately replacing the line. Don't fill it all the way or you'll get a rats nest. The pole is great, have caught 14" rainbows and it feels like pulling up a whale. Super light weight action and ideal for what I use it for. I wouldn't use for salt water.

I love stuff I love cheap weird unique stuff and this fits right in the category as a fan of fishing I’ve been fishing for about 30 years now and when I saw this I was like this is just dumb enough to be awesome . So here’s the breakdown Haven’t had a chance to fish with it but I’ve looked it over well.The reel: it’s construction is out of metal on the base and plastic on the line housing. Comes with terrible line on it but that’s no big deal. It functions just like a decent reel you’d find at Walmart.The rod: it’s a telescopic rod with very little eyes so it can fit in the pen cap housing. It’s flexible and light. Feels like pretty cheap construction but it works well. My only real concern is that the eyes are so small it’s gonna be hard to cast bar with anything above a 6 pound test but I put 10 pounds on it anyways because that’s all I had.Overall it’s cute little fun rod and reel. It would be great for bluegill or crappy fishing it’s essentially an ultralight rod. I think that this would be a great little rod and reel combo to keep in the glove box or trunk in case you come across a pond you can use it to just throw and see what’s there and then come back with real equipment later.

Most of the stuff I buy that comes from china is very poor quality or just entirely incorrect. Same with this pen reel/rod.The reel keep falling off the stock. I tried to force it in to the fixing foot. The foot got a small tear and the real kept falling off. The fixing foots would spin around and the reel go flying. The foot is too thick and wide for the fixers. I ground down the thickness of the foots at the tips and on top. I then applied blue locktight to the end of the rod tube. That seems to solve that problem. Next I'll put a small amount of silicone tape on the threads. Another problem was after all that the bail would not close when I trying to wind the reel it would lock and I had flip it shut with my little finger. After screwing with it for an hour it finally would shut but not very smooth. Next comes the BIG test, a real fish trial. If everything works ? I will chrome the filed edges and seal the small spot. Maybe the rod will not break and the reel does not disassemble it's self. A little too money for me to do a complete remake!

Great for backpacking super easy to set up and breaks down very small does not take much room in your backpack and adds more fun to any trip you go on! Pick one up you can't beat it for the price!

Update. I duct taped the the first and largest section that comes out and duct taped the reel seats and for fun added some lizard skin bat tape and then took that terrible line off and put some spare 6# braided line on the reel. Now it will carry with a 1/8th weight on it a 30 to 40 yards. Much better but not changing my rating as they have some serious quality control to do but for this price you get what you pay for.So the pro is it's small and can go anywhere. Cons for me were casting is not great and goes maybe 20ft with a heavier lure. A braided line would fix this a little and the line memory. Reeling in is rough as it's just so small but it does reel. I can work with all that but in mine the bottom section and the biggest part did not stay up. It's collapses when I try to reel and that is why I can't use it and the seats for the reel are terrible so you will need to zip ties or tape after you seat it. If I had one that would stay extended It would be a better review and some heavier duty seats.

The media could not be loaded. I had to see if it would hold up to the hype or not. I have to say, after testing it on a bike ride with some Largemouth... I am impressed. I had a couple of bass try to run into logs, with a little finesse I was able to move them out and land them.One thing I did do before using it was remove the line that came on it, and I replaced it with some 6 lb test that I trusted.

I went for this rod because the US manufacturer I've been eyeing has a piss-poor website that's impossible to understand. I'm still trying to figure out whether or not I made the right decision buying this.For starters, the reel is not the best quality - in fact, you're better off getting a cheap ice fishing spinning rod to go with this instead. The internal drag washer is already rusted, the reel backtracks even when locked, and a handful of other nitpicks. The line is incredibly thick, especially considering you'd be going for relatively smaller fish with this rod. I re-spooled it immediately with some cheap 4x tippet I had lying around.As for the rod - it's one of the cheapest-feeling rods I've ever held. The lock washers that keep the reel on the grip come loose constantly, and the notches that keep the reel in place are made of aluminum so flimsy that I warped it trying to keep the reel in place. If you don't position the lock washers just right while collapsing the rod, the cap might not properly fit. The blanks feel cheaply made, too. Some blanks feel too snug and some are so loose I had to put painter's tape around the base so it'd stay in place.Like, I'm fairly certain I'll be able to catch some fish with the rod/reel combo - I'm skilled enough of an angler to figure it out - but even $25 ice fishing rods with spinning combos are higher quality than this thing. If you're in it for the novelty, sure, go ahead. But if that US rod company ever gets its act together and redoes their entire website - I'll never buy this rod ever again.