Summer knows about all my little purchases :) and I do buy a lot of tackle. I bought that rod after I won some money in a tournament in November, and I don't usually spend that kind of money on rods. But I was was getting frustrated because I've bought 3 spinning rods in the past few years for drop shotting and I didn't really like any of them once I used them.

So I thought about it and I figured whatever Aaron Martens uses for drop shotting is probably the sickest drop shot rod in existence so when I saw him mention that he used this rod in an article I figured why the heck not and I bought it.

I just re-read the review on tackle tour, which I thought was a very good review, but I had one comment. They said that a con for the rod was the lack of a hook keeper, but I believe the slots in the metal ring right above the foregrip are designed for that purpose, so really it has 6 or 8 hook keepers. When I'm storing my drop shot rig, I just unclip the weight from the line, slide it up to within an inch or two of the hook, re-clipi it and then hook the hook onto one of those metal slots on the rod. Pretty easy and requires no extra accessories. That way your weight doesn't swing around.