I definitely went in eyes wide open to that type of possibility. Maybe I was just lucky. Regardless though, I'm very happy with the rods themselves...I'm still waiting on an Edge Archetype that I ordered about 4 months ago. And I'm waiting on the tube and sock from another rod ordered 6 months ago. I think that Edge is primarily focused on traditional gear chucking, so they run way behind on fly rods. Waiting for my second rod and then I'll post a review of the Edge rods that I've purchased.