Great little rod for the money. Love the color the green ish color reminds me of a local caddis larva hatch. Over all the rod is extremely nice for the price . Now it dose come in a hard protective tube . But inside the tube is a cloth bag with compartments for each section of the rod. I've got this rod pair up with a 5/6 weight reel even tho it's a 3/4 rod and the reason is the 5/6 reel has a UK brand micro special tapper fly line that is just out of this world and affordable and puts orivis line to shame. I also have a cheap 4/3 weight reel I have as a backup and have cast both reels on here got the same distance and accuracy. Now this rod is alot shorter them your average fly rod length and this is where it shines bright like the beautiful gem it is. Having a shorter rod is great for low hanging brush and branches also a shorter rod helps keep you in good habits with really making your understand the mechanics behind a fly cast thus pushing you to your limit with accuracy. Now this rod isn't going to cast you'd fly 50 feet that was never what it was meant for . It was made to cast short distance but extremely accurate with practice and good skill . This rod I can cast accuracy out to 25 to 30 feet and its very smooth cast good power and load up nice balance. This rod is one of my go to rods cause it was bought with understanding this isn't the cast 50 feet or for days rod. This rod I got for small natives and rainbow and cut throat in narrow local water ways with lots of brush and low hanging trees this makes hitting the seems and pockets on the runs alot more easy then a full length rod this also allows me to have a much more accuracy and making a perfect presentation. Highly recommend this rod it's worth the money. No I don't have any cons about this rod but I do have a suggestion for the company that makes this rod . I think if the company would include a extra tip section so you have a back up tip if you were to break it I think it would increase sales as well as be a even nicer touch on this rod set up. Over all if you don't have one these rods pick one up you want regret it. Also it's perfect size to teach younger ones to fly fish and cast. I now own 2 od these rods . Just bought another one and I have to say having 2 of these rods these are now my go to trout pan fish and crappie rods . Since I've bought these and pair them both up with 3/4 weight reels these actually cast better then my orvis rod and my moonshine drift rod . I plan on ordering more to swap out on my 5/6 rod . I really thunk alot of people are sleeping on this rod and I do like how you can order a extra tip so of you break your rod tip

Pretty slick little setup for the price. Casts nicely and the supplied line slides well through the guides. The included “flies” are basically useless so don’t count on opening the package while you’re at the river. Reel is sufficient - nothing fancy. The included case is a nice touch and works well.

I was not paid for this review, so if you want an honest assessment of these rods read on:The summer of 2016, I needed a quick budget solution to outfit a number of my family with lighter tackle to use on smaller streams - mostly streams in New Mexico and Oklahoma. I purchased 3 rods 2 X 7' 3WT and 1 X 7'6" 3WT. I used the rods in a number of conditions some from rocky, brushy conditions requiring a number of casting techniques. The rivers were the Lower Red River (NM), Rio Costilla (NM), Upper Red River, (NM), Coyote Creek (NM), Latir Creek (NM) & Lower Mountain Fork (OK). I'm a seasoned fly fisher using both Orvis and TFO gear..I purchased all MaxCatch, Rod, Reel, Line, chest packs and fly boxes. The rods come with a tube and tie-able cloth rod pouch that fits in its host tube. The rods assemble using dots to line up guides, I found the dots to work well and the guides lined up nicely. Each section is marked with WT and Size so you can differentiate each section if, like me, you find the price point so irresistible that you buy three. I also liked that I could get everything on Amazon and avoid the crowds of Cabellas, and high prices of Orvis.The action on these rod are really good - if not better and similar for rods that sell for hundreds more.. Comparable to my Orvis Clearwater or TFO Lefty Kreh. For my experience the line glided effortlessly through the guides and the action of the rods provided a great feel on both back and forward casts. In fact I found that at times I could get as much energy than the afore mentioned rods. Given the brush on the banks and tight quarters of smaller streams, the setup gave me just the right finesse and power i needed to put flies in any pool, run and hole.Customer Service: I had written a prior review about an issue with customer service. The quick back story is that my 3 rods were caught in a mishap with a power window and negligent driver who decided to roll windows up without looking and (yours truly) and "crack", 3 broken rod tips. This was a bit of a gut punch considering we had only hit 1 of the 4 streams we planned to fish.. After a quick field fix with some glue and rod tips that cost some loss in action and fod feel - I got busy working with MaxCatch customer service. They were extremely responsive through Amazon. Unfortunately I was using my phone to communicate and think some of my explanations were lost in translation. I waited a couple of months before writing my initial review. Almost within the hour of that review, they promptly contacted me again and we figured out that my beloved iPhone hadn't sent pictures of the parts they needed which helped convey the parts I needed to replacce.Once MaxCatch understood I needed new tip-top sections, they allowed me to purchase new sections for $14 a piece. Compared to what some "lifetime guarantee" rods charge for replacement parts ($30-$50); this - yet again - was a complete BARGAIN!. I received the new parts about week from purchase, acceptable considering these were special order. The delivery of the parts came in a nice tube, reinforced with foam with each tip suspended in its own section of foam. The tube itself was wrapped in a foam tape adding to the protection of the parts. I was able to replace the tip-top sections and now have a full setup for small stream fishing using entire MC gear. See my reviews under their chest pack, fly box, fly line and reels.