If you could only have one rod?

[Dink]

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

[Lake Chuck Duck]

Ugly stick all day

[marshrunner757]

Shimano 7' cumara

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[bc-xpress]

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

[mcjaredsandwich]

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

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by mcjaredsandwich

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

Hawgin..

[meaux fishing]

upside down spinning rod..

[Capt.B]

A Sarge Custom "Hassle"

[ACADEMYPROSTAFFER19]

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 !!!!

[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by T-TOP

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

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

[ACADEMYPROSTAFFER19]

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!

[swamp snorkler]

Originally Posted by ACADEMYPROSTAFFER19

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.

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by ACADEMYPROSTAFFER19

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!

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.

[CustomRod]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

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.

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.

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by CustomRod

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.

[jlincecum]

Originally Posted by ACADEMYPROSTAFFER19

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!

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.

[spotchasin]

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.

[wtretrievers]

Even comes with & cork
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[DWA]

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.

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by wtretrievers

Even comes with & cork
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Micro guides too, hard to mess with that!