My fishing buddy uses silstar carp rods but they are an old model
years ago they were quite common in the uk but they seem to not be pushed so much these days
My father in law had a silstar trout rod that was usually the rod that come out of the bag.
I inherited (made sure)I got that one when he died as it’s a great rod.
thinking about it I can think of quite a number of silstar products used by someone I know over the years