Best Rod For The Money?

[SmallTownTexasAngler]

Okay so I'm looking to buy a new rod, or several actually. But I'm gonna spread them out over the course of the next year or atleast 6 months. I am wanting to join a local bass club and I need some better rods. Right now all I have is an old FLW tour chrome 6' Medium rod paired with an Abu Garcia black max low profile. What I want to get is a flippin stick/frog rod, a topwater rod, a finesse rod, and a worm and jig rod, in that order. These are the particular rods I've looked at:

Berkley Lightning Rod and the Shock model

Shimano Sellus Technique-Specific rods

Powell Diesel

Daiwa Aird

H2O Ethos

All Star Classic Graphite

Halo Starlite

I wanna know what's the best quality and value for the money. Any other suggestions are also appreciated. I'm looking to spend $60 max for the rod itself.

[dam0007]

Also Daiwa Team Daiwa rods at TW on clearance will be 15% off as well great for sub $60

[chris55552]

Im doing the same thing, buying new rods like you are and so far Ive purchased a allstar classic 7' mh from academy for 49$ and Im pleased with it.  Plan on buying a duckett ghost next.

[mad basser]

Go to tw site and look up the customer review on the *** it has alot or bad reviews I don t know myself I'm gonna get me a rod also but after reading all the bad reviews I'm gonna get a goast or a veritas

[Montanaro]

You are pushing it with 60 bucks. In that situation I'd focus on features and comfort as performance will be similar

[SmallTownTexasAngler]

I'd like to feel and handle the rod before I buy then but no store within a 3 hour drive of where I live carries Denali or *** products. So really I've narrowed it down to the all star, the ethos, daiwa aird and Procyon, the Sellus, and I've yet to find a Powell diesel in the store but I handled a Powell inferno at cabelas the other day and if the diesel is anywhere close I think I'll love it.

[FSUMF333]

I had the 7'2" sellus & really liked the way it handled I just didn't care for the grip it was slippery for me but a great rod none the less. So I returned it & was able to fenangle a veritas for $51. That was at Dick's.

[chris55552]

I would find a veritas on sale, if you can get your hands on one somewhere you will understand why.  They are really good rods and they feel wonderful in your hands.  Like I mentioned before, allstar is a good choice, I just bought one and I like it a lot for 50 bucks!!!