I’m impressed with my GX2

[GRiver]

I was at Walmart a while back, always go though the clearance isle if I have time. I picked up a Shakespeare  GX2 Ugly Stick…. Must have been a return, no tags or labels. A 5’6” light action. I have a Bass Pro micro lite spinning reel, it will make a nice rig and it’s a spare rig. For me or guest.
I put the reel on it hung it in the rack and forgot about, not on purpose, just other things got my attention. 
I was in my shop and it caught my eye….You know I never fished that rig yet. I got it down rigged it it with a boot tail swim bait and headed for the dock.

I am so impressed with this set up. The Gx2 is very sensitive, I could feel the boot tail vibrating and all obstacles if I bounced it on the bottom. I was skipping it between pontoons and everywhere else. I mean for the money it’s a great rod. I’ve heard people talk about them, and I even did a search here before I wrote this thread. 

I just want to know how I missed this rod. I don’t mean to go on and on but I’ve paid more for other rods and their not as good.
What else have I skipped and missed out on?
 

[Skunkmaster-k]

How much did you pay for it?

[newapti5]

I once had one for a few hours. Way too heavy for bass fishing, so I returned it, before I could try out its sensitivity.

[throttleplate]

5 hours ago, GRiver said:

What else have I skipped and missed out on?

 My favorite rod to this day is the UglyStick Carbon 7ft medium fast. Its 100% graphite, very light weight. I have fished with it for 2 solid years now, I abuse it and it still loves me as i do it. I caught my biggest fish of the year with it in river current.

https://www.purefishing.com/carbon-spinning-rod-1509898?variant=1500289

 

 

[GRiver]

7 hours ago, Skunkmaster-k said:

How much did you pay for it?

$19.97 I think, it’s been about 6 months or more since I bought it.

I would guess it was a “return”…. it had no tags or stickers but the printed bar code from Walmart. 

[LrgmouthShad]

GX2 was the first thing I used as a baitcaster. Had it paired with a $40 Kast King reel and that is what I used for a decent stint. 
 

Once, a couple months ago, I picked up the GX2 again and couldn’t believe how privileged I’d been using iRods and a Falcon.
 

The GX2 works, is sensitive enough, and is seriously strong, but it is a heavy, clumsy rod. 

[Deleted account]

7 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

The GX2 works, is sensitive enough, and is seriously strong, but it is a heavy, clumsy rod. 

And yet it catches fish. One of my custom built pin hooking sticks is built on and ugly stik blank.

[LrgmouthShad]

2 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

And yet it catches fish.

I did say it worked

 

2 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

pin hooking

What that?

[Deleted account]

26 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

What that?

Commercial fishing with a rod and reel, recs!...

[Skunkmaster-k]

That’s a bargain ! 

[ATA]

I have two ML spinning GX2s and I got them for float tube, I Pais 29.99 for each combo 7' long and  2 pcs. I really like them as well for the price I paid for them.