so what do you get when you upgrade from a 50 fishing rod to a 250 fishing rod like with most
products guys there's garbage out there and there's other products where you look at the
price tag and you're like that thing better come with a 10 pound bass guarantee on the
first throw it's so expensive so if you're a bit hesitant on dropping two three four five x
on a new Rod I get it I was there too so let me generally tell you what you're gonna get with a
more higher end Rod so essentially you're going to be getting a few upgrades on your rod and I'm
going to use my impulse rods as an example full disclosure I kind of work closely with impulse
I'm not exclusive with them but I will start bringing more the rods into my Arsenal because
I'm really happy with them so this is my impulse energy series seven foot finesse spinning rod I
put a lot of fish on this bad boy in the last few weeks alone and I don't like doing videos
on Rod reviews unless I have like 50 to 100 bass on them this guy in the past month I probably have
250 bass on this rod alone so been using it quite a bit and this is my impulse original series seven
three media a heavy casting rod and I probably put around 75 bass on this in the last couple
months so got a lot of time on this Rod as well so when you upgrade from 50 raw to 250 Rod you're
really going to be upgrading like five different categories so the first category you're going to
be upgrading is you're going to be getting a lighter Rod now for some of you who might fish
once or twice a month this isn't going to be a big deal for you but if you're out there fishing
two three times a week then how heavy Your Rod is is going to matter an observer once watched Kevin
Van Damme and his casting and he casted every 10 seconds so 360 cast an hour okay we're not
Kevin VanDam let's say we cast a hundred times an hour so a six hour morning you're casting 600
times and when you start doing it at that rate for Days on end the weight of your rod and the
Reel that you're using really matters so on my impulse rods they have a low resin content which
makes them around 20 percent lighter than any of the other rods that I own now for the original
series on this Rod right here it's actually made with Torre graphite carbon fiber which makes it
exceptionally lightweight and you will see this with a lot of your higher end rods when I say
higher end I mean probably when you start getting to the 150 dollar range definitely when you're
getting to the 250 range you start getting more lightweight components making it a lighter rig
for you which is going to make a huge difference with all that repetitive action over and over and
over again so the second category you're going to upgrade in is you're going to get a higher
quality blank right and it's going to mean you're going to have more sensitivity and so you're going
to be able to feel those subtle bites that maybe you would not have been able to feel on a cheaper
Rod yes can you still catch fish on a cheaper Rod absolutely so don't blow me up in the comments I'm
just saying as you dial in the sensitivity of your odds and start to fully understand what that means
you're going to feel those subtle bites which means you're going to be able to put more fish
in your kayak moving forward so think of it this way the lighter Your Rod is the more responsive
it will be you can also think of it this way that weight is the deterrent of performance
when it comes to fishing rods all right the third category you're going to upgrade when you upgrade
to a higher end Rod is the build quality of that particular Rod you're going to get upgraded line
guides right it's not going to compromise your line it's going to be braid proof they're going
to have higher quality ceramic inserts they're going to be made of stainless steel you're going
to get grade a cork handles and let me show you a little bit about what that means so you might
have wondered why there's cork on a lot of rods so cork actually has a lower dampening capacity than
the EVA foam out there and really what that means it's going to transfer vibrations better than the
EVA foam handle that you have there's essentially three types of cork grades or cg1 cg2 and cg3 cork
grade one two and three so on your cg1 your grade a cork is going to have your 90 to 100
clear of imperfections your cg2 is going to have between 80 and 90 percent clear of imperfections
and your cg3 is going to be the rest so a lot of times when you upgrade to higher end rods you're
going to get those wind grips and that's what you see here on the original series Rod also a
lot of times you're going to get upgraded guide trains which means you're going to be able to
cast further and with more accuracy and I know in the original series see things like this this is
a sea guide alien seat and as you can see there's open areas on the seat so where your fingers are
actually touching the rod and so those are open for a reason so you can transmit more of that
vibration more of that sensitivity straight to your fingers so it's the little things that start
to matter when you start upgrading to higher end rods all right the fourth finger to be upgrading
to is better warranties right if you got that 50 rod from Walmart well good luck with that
but a lot of times when you start buying higher end rods you start getting better warranties in
the craftsmanship and the defects are covered for a certain period of time and the higher the rod
costs the better those warranties are all right the fifth thing you're going to be upgrading to
is greater customer support right so if something does happen with your rod and you need to get it
fixed you don't have to be trying to speak to someone from a foreign land or you can barely
understand them or never get a response from right so you want to be developing a relationship with a
company that is trusted you can do that by going out there and checking out their Google reviews
and their Facebook reviews to kind of see what type of customer service they actually have I
actually do this with all the companies that I associate with and I know for impulse you go on
their Facebook they have like 160 reviews with a 4.7 rating which is pretty good if you head
over to Google they have 31 reviews all with five star ratings so impulse definitely a company that
I like to work with because I know they're going to take care of you if you decide to get one of
the rocks and the sixth thing I guess I'm kind of adding a category here is a lot of times you get
better Comfort I know on this original series this fat grip right here I don't have another rod in my
Arsenal that feels as good in my hands Than This original series back grip and so well done impulse
don't change it freaking awesome so let me leave you with three things to consider one be careful
if you ever pick up one of your buddies rods the higher end Rod you won't want to pick up your
ugly stick ever again so simply by buying a high-endron it's not going to make you better
angler but this in the hands of someone who actually knows how to catch fish will actually
help you significantly because of that increased sensitivity in feel so cheap versus expensive rods
are like cheap mountain bikes right if you hop on a cheap mountain bike versus any really nice
mountain bike you go from point A to point B if you're on that more expensive mountain bike you're
having better gearing better components going to be more comfortable if you have a cheap mountain
bike it's going to be harder the components might break on you along the way you're going
to still got to get from point A to point B most of the time but your experience is going
to be completely different next let's talk about diminishing returns right so if you go from a 50
ride to 150 Rod or 250 Rod you are going to feel a significant difference between those two rods
but in my opinion if you go from like a 300 Rod to a five six seven eight hundred dollar Rod this is
where you get to the point of diminishing returns right because unless you fish like every day like
you're a pro you do it all the time you're not going to be able to feel the nuances that Rod has
to offer you unless you're doing it all the time and it is like one with you what I'm trying to
say it's going to be really hard for the weekend warrior to know the difference so just keep in
mind there is a point and it's different with every Rod right and it's different with every
skilled angler but there is a point of diminish finishing returns so keep in mind don't get too
crazy and find yourself in a rod for eight hundred dollars and you're like this feels just like my
300 ride all right guys hear me out I'm not trying to clown your ugly stick right I have a bunch of
70 Walmart combos the Xfinity Combos and I have caught hundreds upon hundreds of fish on those bad
boys but if you're looking to upgrade your build quality lower the weight of your Rod increase your
sensitivity have better warranties and work with the company with really great customer service
you might want to consider upgrading from your current setup so I have used and I have tested
and I have abused and I really like the impulse rods so if that's something you're interested in
head over to impulse.com and I actually save you some cash with the discount code window 10 give
you 10 off so depending on your odd you can save 10 to 25 bucks so I hope this has cleared up some
confusion about what you get when you upgrade from a 50 Rod to 150 rod and guys on this Rod I have
been absolutely slaying it on this lure right here it is the a dollar 25 lore that nobody knows about
and I'm going to show you how to slay Bass with it so you can check that video out right there