I have and was very impressed with it. The reel is nothing special but it does have a decent drag system and large arbor. The rod is a cannon. Might not have the resiliency of higher end rods but it loads well and casts easy. They definitely put a lot of the production cost into the line. It’s a fairly aggressive weight forward line and compliments the rod they paired it with. For 250 bucks it’s a very good value