i was at the neuse fishing and hunting store in north carolina with my dad. right when we walked in the front door there were a few barrels of rods on sale, well my dad needed a new rod so he walked over and picked one out for his small spinning reel. he bought it and on our next fishing trip he put onh his spinning reel and what do you know it is a baitcasting rod, i thought that was really funny ;D ;D ;D