Yeah, I'm loving this item. Honestly, for me, it's the best item that has been released in months. Granted, a little of that has to do with the fact that it is the only affordable one for me released in even more time, but the kind of items being released for the last year or more really haven't been anything I'm interested in. This being free on top if it is a nice little nod to the longest standing game community on the site. Fishers have been through a lot over the last decade, so it's nice to get something that we've been asking for for almost as long.
As a side note, we do have one equippable rode/pole. The background I'm wearing has one, but it's really quite dinky. I much prefer this one.