Fishing Rods Anyone?

What kind of fishing rod do you like best?

And what brand?

I just have one crappy old rod i'm not too sure what its called but it works fine so thats all that counts. I say as long as the reel is good thats whats important.

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I have many rods, i have a shakespear "ugly stick" that is a light action rod. It is fun for small fish. I have a medium action shakespear and a medium action berkly, i like the berkly more than the shakespear but both are good rods. I just bought a shakespear telescopic rod, i'l let eya know what i think of it once i use it. The shakespear rods are relitevly inexpensive, ranging from 24.99-35.99 (out of the ones i have). The berkley was more expensive but still wasn't too bad, not sure how much but i am pretty sure it was around 60. I have a wide variety of reel's that run from as little as 20 dollers each to over 200. I prefer the cheeper ones. I find my diawa is too picky and always have had problems with it (the $200 one). A proper drag and line setup, with a decent reel mounted on pretty much any rod will work great.

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My rod isnt telescopic which kinda sucks because its a pain putting them together and taking them apart. So my next rod will defently be telescopic

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

all of mine, aside from my new one, are 2 section rods. They range from 5 feet to 6.5 feet in length.

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I have a Dragon Fly, fly rod. 9' 6 weight. 2 piece
A Diawa 6' spin caster
A Berkly 7' spin caster my favorite & a spiderco reel really smooth casting.
And a Zebco 6' spin caster a cheaper rod, but a great back-up if someone wants to go fishing with ya & doesn't have a rod. Cool

And i can't get into all my gear, it would take me an hour to type it all out Shocked

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9 foot fly rod, is your arm 2-3 inches longer at the end of the season from casting that thing? Me and dad have a range from 6 foot to 9 foot fly rods as well. Mind you, im not very good at it.

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	Daffy wrote:
	9 foot fly rod, is your arm 2-3 inches longer at the end of the season from casting that thing? Me and dad have a range from 6 foot to 9 foot fly rods as well. Mind you, im not very good at it.

lol, no Daffy, not yet ! lol.

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I have an Ugly Stik that I bought when they first came out (Yeh, a looonng time ago) that thing still rocks!!! I tend to buy mostly Shakespear stuff as it seems highest quality/dollar spent...

I have a ton of stuff at my parents house, I will have to go and get it - Collapsing rods, ultralight stuff, etc...

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	TrooperMax wrote:
	I say as long as the reel is good thats whats important.

I disagree, the rod is a big part of the play of your lure, your chance of landing a fish and your casting accuracy.

I've got a decent Spiderwire & Uglystik rod, but like Trooper said, if it works, it works. Cool

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Shakespeare and St. Croix make good rods. The also both have warentees, Shakespeare's are generally longer warentees, but also more expensive. So for a quality fishing pole check both of those brands out.

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I just have a Zebco spinning reel/ rod combo. Nothing fancy, nothing expensive, but it lets me fish. Cool

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I have 3 spinning rod/ reels. Zebco / Daiwa / Berkley . I buy seperate rods and reels.
You can get great deals on combo's. Ive seen some good combos for $ 45.00

I also have 3 Fly Rods. It never ends in fishing, lol.

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