If you could only have one rod?
 

If you could only have one brand of rod, what would be? Waterloo, G-loomis, shimano, custom built? Reasons why? Weight, warranty, durability, feel... Etc

St. Croix

Custom built cause I get the exact rod I want. Bout to build one with a lightweight phenix blank.

3.4oz is pretty lite too!

Custom built.

custom. weight, feel, set-up the way I want it with the parts I want. my new topwater rod w/reel is about 8.7oz

7' medium heavy Shakespeare in WHITE with a Zebco 808 on that mug! It'll be the nicest one on the bank! :cool:

Heack yeah. Or a 454 zebco them reals our unstoppable !!

Custom rod it the way to go!!

TFO. G Loomis' new line. They nice!

Kistler KLX rods are made with gary loomis blank....

http://www.kistlerrods.com/c/fishing...-Fishing-Rods/

TFO's are $150 tops. What's that kistler run?

hafta say Billy stix, since they have multiple uses.lol

Click the link bruh....they are 160

http://www.kistlerrods.com/p/fishing...LXSRAP70M.html

No.....it may change my mind and I don't like being wrong

Ugly stick all day

Shimano 7' cumara

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Okuma Reflexions, I have 3 and love them. 50 bucks!!

I have been using Waterloo for about 6 years and i can not complain

I use the HP light 6ft 8

3/8's inch rope and an 8 inch treble hook.

Hawgin..

upside down spinning rod..:D
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7 foot Falcon Coastal Series / Medium Popper. Titanium line guides (corrosive resistant) has a medium/slow action with a lot of backbone. Perfect for jigging for trout or throwing a poppin cork. Sell for around $100 and they stand behind their warranty......not to mention made in USA !!!!

I think I own about 16 Ugly Stiks and 0 other.

I have a custom rod that costs serious money with Phenix blank, is it phenix or penix? anyway it was an extra $100 for that blank. broke the first one. sent it back and the guy made me another one. broke that weekend before last on about a 5LB red. messaged him about it and all he said was congrats your the first to break 2. :headknocker:

Custom rods are overrated in my opinion....having you name on it with sparkles glitter and shat on it doesn't fill up your ice chest. True story....I went with a buddy of mine who is a very avid trout fisherman and he brought his buddy who I had never met before. Dude was rollin straight Berkley Cherrywoods. We caught a ton of fish that day and he kept pace with my friend and I who use higher end rods. I know that quality of graphite, number of guides, etc.... dictate sensitivity but it isn't necessary to catch fish. Spend that extra money on gas!

^^^^This^^^^

I fished with my buddies G-Loomis with a Chronarch and couldn't tell the difference from my Mettle Express with a pole I got as a door prize from the Oilmans Rodeo.

I prefer Shimano. It is nice to be able to walk into the store with a broken rod and exchange it for a new one with no questions asked.

To each his own....I don't buy custom to get a pretty rod with glitter. I like them cause I can choose the blank,reel seat,guides,ect. Not to mention it is pretty cool to build your own rod. So far I built 2 spinning rods bout to do the first baitcaster. You can build a quality rod for less than you can get it off the shelve and it's junk from china.

Even comes with & cork
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Tried quite a few; broke three already this year. Two salty carrots and a falcon. Gonna test out a h2o express this weekend and see if that holds up. K like the carrots; they're lite and handled some pretty hefty reds. Carrot got hung up in the cleat of my boat, neither got broke by fish.

Micro guides too, hard to mess with that!

Try bay hammer rods!!!! Great custom rod at a great price with great service!!

yep I hear great things about em

Cabelas XML

Allstar shrimptail special all the way for me. I think they quit making them. 20 years ago they were all the rage on BL. Used to catch them on sale for $30. I still have two new ones in my shop. You could not buy them from me for $200 a piece. It's what I'm used to and I love em!! Best flounder rod on the planet!!!

10% of the fishermen catch 90% of the fish

I have 2 of those old all stars....they were great rods when they were built in houston. Now they are owned by pure fishing and made in china.

True!

I've built my own rods for about 15 years. Had plenty of decent store bought rods but hated going back to get another to find out something had been changed.

Yeah I like rods a certain way and most store rods don't cut it. I just broke a falcon lowrider less than 4 months old. Broke 6" down from the tip casting a crankbait didn't hit anything. Prolly got banged around on the display rack before I got it.

About how much do bay hammer rods run? Saw some pics and they look awesome

I just got a TFO, may be my favorite for trout.

What model?

I like a very light weight rod, med-light with extra fast action.
The lighter it is, the easier and longer you can fish.
When I swap from mine to someone elses, I can feel the difference in weight.
I prefer custom also. It is sometimes hard to find the right rod. It can take too long to run thru different rods, then you find the one you like, it breaks on the first trip.

Chartruse Snaggless Salley Wit a Scorpion treble hook all da long.

the question wasnt what rod does it take to catch fish. Sure I can go grab anything at Academy or even Wal-mart and catch fish with it but its not what I prefer. The more you refine your abilities the pickier you will be about your equipment. I have a very difficult time finding a production rod setup the way I like it.

The one I was looking at is not cheap....it's the k2 model. Got me thinking now might get something else.

If i get a store bought i like the Abu Garcia Veritas in medium heavy 7 ft with micros if i go with Custom it would be a 7 med heavy micro made by Calcasieu Extreme i know they are built good

The K2 blanks don't hold up. They are extremely light but also extremely fragile. Have heard of far too many of them breaking. Phenix has some great blanks, but the K2 ain't one of them.

IMO, builders have been way too focused on weight as opposed to balance, feel, load distribution, and power (backbone). There is a fine line that you can cross with regards to weight which will kill the rods durability. A well balanced rod will feel lighter and fish better than a pure "light rod"...

What blanks do you use?

No one has mentioned the Helium???