I got this for my little brother's seventh birthday. It was fun to make with him and he really enjoys playing with it. My only problem was in the first part of of the instructions it says you need four rubber bands. We looked through it several time but they didn't mention where the rubber bands were supposed to go at all which was very confusing. The rod its self was pretty good quality. It does bend a little bit which is kind of annoying, but that can be fixed easy with wood glue. Over all pretty good product. My brother loves it very much .

My almost 7 year old was able to make this nearly on her own and enjoyed making it. The only issue was with the fishing line. My daughter messed up the direction she had that going in and then the line broke so we had to use alternate materials at home for the fishing line.

Goes together very easily and I like the mechanics of it, only probably is the hardware that attaches the reel to the pole is really weak. My 7 year old played with it for two minutes before the handle pulled apart from the yellow "bolt" that held it in place. The rest of the rod is surprisingly well built