Your brand new rogue will come in the sock. Rods will have a limited warranty through me. (Has to break on a fish,and you must be honest) As I KNOW the quality of these rods and who built them, when they were built. These rods lack nothing of a gl3 from Loomis. As they Imvho are just about clones. These 6-12 lb models are a VERY versatile rod.