I fish deep plastics and football jigs with an NRX and find them to be worth every penny. They are cost prohibitive for shorter line presentations and moving lures. I use IMX and Mossyback for those presentations.

Thats a good idea, quality likely isnt needed for close combat, being most of my lakes are only 12 feet deep I may be over thinking these rods. Im not struggling to catch fish.

I'm all about sensitivity and the NRX is that in spades. I fish braid with either a flouro or mono leader and the feel is amazing, as is a strike. I liken a strike on a Texas rigged plastic lure to running over a brick with a push lawn mower. That's NRX!!!! Pitching, flipping, or any short line presentation, I find IMX or Mossyback to provide sufficient sensitivity and exceptional toughness required for short line work. I use G Loomis rods exclusively for all plastic fishing. I fish cranks on Powell and Phenix and spinnerbaits on old AllStar 6' pistol grip and a G Loomis Mossyback JWR 853, that's been shortened 1 1/2" in the butt.

The reel i have on my NRX is 5.0, but 5.5 would be fine i am sure.

I tried it first with a with a 6+ oz reel and the balance was horrible.

It kinda depends on which people and how good they're sayings the rods are. I've used them, and one thing is absolutely true. They're expensive.

You hit the nail square on the head. Personally, I have a somewhat retarded sense of feel and need the extra sensitivity of the NRX. My brother in law on the other hand can take an old worn out ugly stick with the stretchiest mono made and feel a fish looking at his worm in 40 feet of water in a 25 mph wind. I just hate (envy) folks like that.

The Daiwa Steez is as good as it gets IMO. I think it is 5.6 oz. I bought my first Steez reel in 2012 and I have tried to wear it out. Lots & lots of cranking deepdivers & getting hung up with heavy braid and pulling hard on it. It is still as solid today as it was when it was new. It has held up so well I have steadily accumulated five more.

I remember the first one I picked up at SW Parts in Dallas. It was so light I didn't believe it would hold up for one hard season of fishing. Shane told me he had been all thru the reel and that it had good guts so I took his word and bought one. I figured it would be worn out after one good year of fishing. I was fishing 2 days a week.

My first Steez was a 6.2:1 and so light and smooth I started using it as my primary reel for throwing lipless rattling baits, squarebills, spinnerbaits. I used it hard. After that year bought another one in a 7:1 for soft plastics & jigs. Same thing, liked it so well I bought a few more.

A lot of reels feel silky smooth when they are new. To me the real test is how they feel after a season's hard use.

Is a $500 reel for everybody? No probably not but I will tell you this. A 5.6 oz Steez on a 4 oz NRX is a pretty sweet rig. The only problem is once you fish with this rig everything else feels heavy & dull in comparison. I know the OP was asking about NRX rods but it would be a shame to buy an NRX and put a 9 oz clunky reel on it.

yes the steez are very smooth, mine arent very old. I have 6.2 and 8.1 and got rid of most of my aldebaran that were 4.5 oz.

I use these rods now they are 363 grams. https://www.fxcustomrods.com/collections...ast-casting-rod

One of my favorite NRX Rods is the 893C

fyi g loomis are on ebay new 450 shipped.

the greatest, get some.

NRX is definitely the most sensitive and lightest rod I've ever fished, of course I haven't fished every rod out there. I own at least one of just about every NRX model in the casting series. I even throw cranks and spinner baits on 2 power NRX. For me its just about enjoying the quality and the performance of the rods. Of course they are not for everyone price wise...and they wont magically find bass for you, but they are an absolute pleasure to fish with.

Found this option for g loomis warranty which is above and beyond g loomis actual warranty, which might interest people. https://www.americanlegacyfishing.com/gloomis-warranty-program

OPTION 1: Get A Replacement Loomis Rod at NO COST.

Although this isn�t part of the G. Loomis Warranty, American Legacy Fishing will gladly replace your broken rod with the exact model at NO COST if at the time you contact us for a warranty you buy a new G. Loomis rod that sells for as much or more than the broken rod.

It doesn�t have to be the same model or series of your broken rod, but the rod you purchase must have a list price of as much or more than the broken rod.
This must be one, single transaction all occurring at the time of initial contact.
This program is NOT AVAILABLE �after-the-fact� � i.e. you buy a new rod and then later send a rod in for warranty against a previously purchased new G. Loomis rod.

All you have to do email us at glwarranty@americanlegacyfishing.com or call us at 1-877-402-6350 and let us know the details and then send your broken G. Loomis rod back to us - we'll need all the pieces - and we'll send you an exact replacement G. Loomis rod and your new rod at our expense via ground shipping.

If you want us to ship your new rod and replacement rod immediately and then want to ship back the broken rod let us know at this time.

We will charge your credit card for both rods. We will send your new rods out via FedEx Ground along with a prepaid FedEx return shipping label for the broken rod (remember, we need ALL the pieces).
There is a $30.00 non-refundable additional shipping fee for this.
Upon receipt of your broken rod we will refund the initial charge against your credit card for the difference between your warranty rod and your new G. Loomis rod.

Note: If the broken rod is a model that is no longer offered we will replace it with the model that is closest to the broken model. Usually this is not much of an issue as the current G. Loomis product line has actually grown over the years to well over 700 different rod models!

If it was going to put more fish in the boat then every pro on tour would buy rod boxes full of them. Instead they have 100.00-250.00 sponsor ship rods. Quantum, Abu, shimano, castaway, BPS etc.
Guess KVD would win every tournament he entered if he fished GLoomis NRX rods.

You post makes zero sense.

That would be like expecting Nascar drivers to all race a toyota if that is the dominant car that year...