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Caught some fish! Take a look!\r\n\r\nI’m still fishing when I can to catch that B1G MONSTER FISH to really test that Berkley Big Game Power Series rod out and put it up against a real contender.\r\n\r\nThese Berkley Big Game Power Series rods are all I know. I been using them since I was 12 years old and I’m over 30 years of age now. WHENEVER ANOTHER FISHING ROD HAS GIVEN ME TROUBLE BY SNAPPING AT THE TIP (I cast hard from shore) I ALWAYS GO BACK TO MY TRUSTY, RELIABLE, DURABLE, FLEXIBLE, BERKLEY BIG GAME POWER SERIES ROD… ALWAYS.\r\n\r\nThe Berkley Big Game Power Series rod… It truly is a fishing rod I have grown into and have trusted completely after a handful of other rods I have tried snapped and broke from use. The Berkley Big Game Power Series rod has earned the title by me called: “Ol Faithful.” \r\n\r\nBecause the rod has NEVER LET ME DOWN… when others have. It’s the rod I can always fall back on. 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