re: ALX Bass Rods

They're very well built rod. I'd give their craftsmanship an A.

As far as the individual rods, they seem to have a love-hate relationship with most bass fishermen.

The Zolo Toadface has a bit of a cult following as a frog and swimjig rod. If you want to give one a shot, it's the one I'd buy first.

I fished their Zolo Rosa and was left a bit lukewarm on the rods.

If you want something built/assembled in the US (although only their high end rods use US blanks), and put a lot of value on craftsmanship and customer service, you'll probably enjoy their rods.

If you're only concerned with lowest cost to highest performance, there are better performing rod lines in the same ballpark I think.