anybody heard of these? I heard its made by diawa? any input. I found some 80 class rods with roller guides that were interesting.

I just bought my 5th TICA rod from Mike today. Love em' :hihi: I have been using spinning gear, don't know about their conventional rods. Haven't tried their reels yet. :soon:

Tica is the main rod I use for all of my fishing - jigging the canal, plugging the beach and boat fishing. I have both spinning & conventional and have used a few models with zero complaints. The older UEHA surf rod has worked well for me for a few years. I tried the newer Dolphin Series this past year, again with no problems.

Haven't tried any reels yet though I hear from others that the Dolphin SF Spinning reel is nice, especially from the surf.