KastKing Crixus Fishing Rod and Reel Combo, Spinning, 5ft 6in, Light, 2pcs, 2000 Reel

Love this rod & reel highly recommend

I LOVE the look of this set. It looks so damn cool. Fishing with it is tonnes of fun too. Cant complain. I use low memory mono from kastking and it works great.

Update: A few weeks after this review I caught a 1 lb largemouth on this combo using a Ned rig and had zero issue landing it. See photo above.Kastking does it again! What a great rod/reel combo. This is my 2nd combo I've purchased from Kastking, the other was the cadet bait caster combo. For this one, I bought the 5'6" light spinning combo with the 2000 reel because I needed a lighter rod for pan fishing and trout fishing. The first thing I noticed was how light the rod was. It uses IM6 blanks which give it great strength while being super light. The moderate fast action bends about half way down. The reel is a nicely painted white, what I assume is aluminum body. The bail has a nice snap to it and the reeling action is very smooth. There's no reverse play whatsoever. It does have a reverse lever which is nice and the handle can be swapped to either side. I spooled it up with some 4 lb mono I had lying around and took it out. I was casting an inline spinner and the rod bombs it waaay out there! The drag has a nice ping to it and adjusts in a fairly consistent increasing resistance. The one thing I noticed is the drag knob does have some tilt/play/looseness when it is set on lower drag but I don't think it'll be an issue. I caught the world's tiniest largemouth bass on my 3rd cast but I guess I can't be mad since I bought this rod/reel to catch small fish. So, as far as I'm concerned it is doing exactly what I bought it for. I think Kastking has earned my business for good. I'll continue to buy their rods and reels as well as fishing line. I'm also interested in whatever other stuff they will be releasing!

Received rod and reel but the handle was deteriorated from first use (foam ) o contacted Kastking customer support and followed instructions to warranty the faulty handle- they replied with they were sending me a new handle- I discarded the box etc the rod and real came in - now they state that can’t send a replacement and to return to Amazon? How? Totally unacceptable over something as trivial- plus my reel will not be unique-

I ordered the lightweight rod for a trout setup. The rod has a great action and the reel is very smooth and is perfect for the fishing I do with it. I also have the KastKing Centron 500 reel that I can interchange for an ultra light setup. I’ve always been very pleased with all of my KastKing products and this combo is no different. It is a great combo at a great price and I definitely recommend. It comes packaged very well in a heavy duty tube that I will save and use to store rods for travel.