What brand Rods do you prefer?

jasonR · 10-27-06, 07:07 PM

I have three right now I am very fond of...Team Daiwa, Falcon and Pfluger (Trion only). The Trions are like 35 bucks, and make a crankbait rod and a cool spinnerbait rod. Good stuff, and LIGHT. I like the Team Daiwas for worms, senkos and jigs, I have the frog rod and dig it. I have a really light falcon Lowrider I use for ripbaits and 1/4 traps, and a cara that is INSANE for worms. How about you guys?

skeeter944 · 10-27-06, 07:16 PM

i love bass pro shops extreme rods! they are pretty cheap,and you can get them with the extreme baitcaster for $120 bucks!

Rebbasser · 10-27-06, 07:38 PM

Falcon Low Rider, AllStar Classic and a Fenwick Techna AV Flipping Stick.

keithdog · 10-27-06, 07:47 PM

Lately I've been buying the Gander Mountain rods. I especially like their IM 8 blanks. There prices are reasonable, and they have a life time warrenty.

TackleTester · 10-27-06, 09:07 PM

I like my own rods that I build...They are just so light and sensetive...i do like the Gander Mountain brand rods as well..>Great for the money

lizardsrule · 10-27-06, 09:18 PM

St Croix and G-Loomis are my choices for rods.

Lizards

zooker · 10-27-06, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Rebbasser

a Fenwick Techna AV Flipping Stick.

did he just say fennnnnwick???????? i knew i liked him for some reason..

proud fenwick abuser

zooker

1FASTLASER · 10-28-06, 07:26 AM

Airrus rods are just about the best to me. All the things in a rod u want AND a ovwer the counter warranty. With the cost being what they do cost thats GREAT. You break it you bring it in and get a new one. Finally order a Fenwick flipper and cant wait.

ironman · 10-28-06, 09:20 AM

I love the Falcon rods!!!!!!!!

adamgambill · 10-28-06, 09:52 AM

Lagunas and G-loomis. Use a Laguna M 6'6" With a Chronarch MG for my bass caster, Two Lightning rods with my spinners cause thats all I can get a hookset with. Two loomis greenwaters with SF curados for inshore reds and trout.

Hef · 10-28-06, 11:06 AM

I really like my Quantum rods.

PowerBass · 10-28-06, 11:23 AM

Fenwicks, Quantums. Life is good.

Jolly · 10-29-06, 10:31 AM

Falcon's and g-loomis blanks building your own rods... unbeatable.

islandbass · 10-29-06, 11:16 AM

My best bass rods in my arsenal are from Shimano (crucial mh 6'10") and a Lamiglas Competitor rod (med 6'6" 8-20 lb 3/8-1oz) casting rods and a Lamiglas certified pro drop shot special rod (7' rod).

crankybait · 10-29-06, 11:25 AM

St.croix all the way. I'm thinking about saving up and getting a kistler

FlyRod · 10-29-06, 11:48 AM

Lemme seeeee...
I own and use: St.Crotch Avids, Team AllStars,AllStar Classics, Castaways, Lowriders, A Cabelas TW rod, and a (rarely used, so far,) Kistler LTA.
My BassBugging fligh rahd is a Loomis 9' 8-weight, but seldom get to use it.
Favorite? Avids! 2d Place? I dunno

FR

crankybait · 10-29-06, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by FlyRod

Favorite? Avids! 2d Place? I dunno

FR

Thank god I'm not alone!

dodgeguy · 10-29-06, 12:08 PM

bass pro shops johnny morris signature series.

pig n jig · 10-29-06, 01:55 PM

Good to see you around Dodge.

I use any brand that I can afford and if I think the rod out of my price range will help refine my lure presentation for a specific type of lure, I will save up until I get it.

If you start thinking about certain lure presentations as I do, you will no doubt drive yourself crazy trying to get "the correct rod" for the specific lure presentation. Soon you will accumulate an collection of rods that will rival your wife's shoe collection ?

Rebbasser · 10-29-06, 02:24 PM

Yes, you will!

PnJ, that looks like my rod collection!

ToPwAt'R GuY · 10-29-06, 07:35 PM

I like all star and fenwick.

ironman · 10-29-06, 07:47 PM

I went to gander mountain yesterday for the first time and they had some very sensitive rod's.

zooker · 10-29-06, 07:56 PM

pnj you too huh?

zooker

3dkicker · 10-29-06, 08:46 PM

Gator (St. Croix blanks), St. Croix S-glass, GLoomis, All-Star, Falcon and Shimano......I'm a believer in getting rods for specific techniques. Some people believe that you should only use one brand.

1FASTLASER · 10-29-06, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by pig n jig

Good to see you around Dodge.

I use any brand that I can afford and if I think the rod out of my price range will help refine my lure presentation for a specific type of lure, I will save up until I get it.

If you start thinking about certain lure presentations as I do, you will no doubt drive yourself crazy trying to get "the correct rod" for the specific lure presentation. Soon you will accumulate an collection of rods that will rival your wife's shoe collection ?

Damn PNJ and I thought I had the market cornered on having just about ANY rod made.LOL

Jolly I see you do custom rods youurself. Nuttin like stickin a hog on YOUR rod cept stickin one on YOUR rod and YOUR lure. Speakin of lures just got through ordering some blank molds for jigs. The last set was so screwed up from me trying to perfect a mold for a jig with a hidden line tie it wouldn't hold lead. Oh well, if thats the only screw up I make I am way ahead of the game.

Also now that the move is over and things are settling down I can get back to tying jigs,building rods and finishing up the Laser.

10-27-06, 07:07 PM	#1
jasonR BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sumter, SC Posts: 20	What brand Rods do you prefer? I have three right now I am very fond of...Team Daiwa, Falcon and Pfluger (Trion only). The Trions are like 35 bucks, and make a crankbait rod and a cool spinnerbait rod. Good stuff, and LIGHT. I like the Team Daiwas for worms, senkos and jigs, I have the frog rod and dig it. I have a really light falcon Lowrider I use for ripbaits and 1/4 traps, and a cara that is INSANE for worms. How about you guys? __________________ Sometimes the fish win. It sucks.

10-27-06, 07:38 PM	#3
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,142	Falcon Low Rider, AllStar Classic and a Fenwick Techna AV Flipping Stick. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

10-27-06, 09:18 PM	#6
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	St Croix and G-Loomis are my choices for rods. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

10-28-06, 07:26 AM	#8
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	Airrus rods are just about the best to me. All the things in a rod u want AND a ovwer the counter warranty. With the cost being what they do cost thats GREAT. You break it you bring it in and get a new one. Finally order a Fenwick flipper and cant wait. __________________ Laser's rule with Merc's doing the pushing..........KEEP THE WETSIDE DOWN AND THE DRY SIDE UP!!!!!! Last edited by 1FASTLASER; 10-28-06 at 07:27 AM. Reason: poor spelling

10-28-06, 09:52 AM	#10
adamgambill BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: West Columbia, TX Posts: 375	Lagunas and G-loomis. Use a Laguna M 6'6" With a Chronarch MG for my bass caster, Two Lightning rods with my spinners cause thats all I can get a hookset with. Two loomis greenwaters with SF curados for inshore reds and trout. __________________ Anyone who has a problem with getting a truck dirty shoul trade for a Volkswagon and a pair of panties.

10-27-06, 07:16 PM	#2
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	i love bass pro shops extreme rods! they are pretty cheap,and you can get them with the extreme baitcaster for $120 bucks!

10-27-06, 07:47 PM	#4
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Lately I've been buying the Gander Mountain rods. I especially like their IM 8 blanks. There prices are reasonable, and they have a life time warrenty.

10-27-06, 09:07 PM	#5
TackleTester BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Indpls, IN Posts: 333	I like my own rods that I build...They are just so light and sensetive...i do like the Gander Mountain brand rods as well..>Great for the money

10-28-06, 09:20 AM	#9
ironman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: palm coast florida Posts: 879	I love the Falcon rods!!!!!!!!

10-28-06, 11:06 AM	#11
Hef BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pasadena, MD Posts: 565	I really like my Quantum rods. __________________ U.S. Navy "The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his" - Gen Patton

10-28-06, 11:23 AM	#12
PowerBass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,638	Fenwicks, Quantums. Life is good. __________________ fivealivebassmasters.com

10-29-06, 10:31 AM	#13
Jolly BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West Texas Posts: 368	Falcon's and g-loomis blanks building your own rods... unbeatable. __________________ "Here fishy, fishy!!!"

10-29-06, 11:16 AM	#14
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	My best bass rods in my arsenal are from Shimano (crucial mh 6'10") and a Lamiglas Competitor rod (med 6'6" 8-20 lb 3/8-1oz) casting rods and a Lamiglas certified pro drop shot special rod (7' rod). __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog)

10-29-06, 11:25 AM	#15
crankybait BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: marlboro, nj Posts: 3,250	St.croix all the way. I'm thinking about saving up and getting a kistler __________________ www.fishinfanatics.com

10-29-06, 11:48 AM	#16
FlyRod BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,270	Lemme seeeee... I own and use: St.Crotch Avids, Team AllStars,AllStar Classics, Castaways, Lowriders, A Cabelas TW rod, and a (rarely used, so far,) Kistler LTA. My BassBugging fligh rahd is a Loomis 9' 8-weight, but seldom get to use it. Favorite? Avids! 2d Place? I dunno FR

10-29-06, 12:08 PM	#18
dodgeguy BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: poughkeepsie,n.y. Posts: 930	bass pro shops johnny morris signature series. __________________ chrysler master tech,avid fisherman and i bleed red,white and blue!!!!

10-29-06, 01:55 PM	#19
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	Good to see you around Dodge. I use any brand that I can afford and if I think the rod out of my price range will help refine my lure presentation for a specific type of lure, I will save up until I get it. If you start thinking about certain lure presentations as I do, you will no doubt drive yourself crazy trying to get "the correct rod" for the specific lure presentation. Soon you will accumulate an collection of rods that will rival your wife's shoe collection ? Attached Thumbnails

10-29-06, 02:24 PM	#20
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,142	Yes, you will! PnJ, that looks like my rod collection! __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

10-29-06, 07:35 PM	#21
ToPwAt'R GuY BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: missouri Posts: 930	I like all star and fenwick.

10-29-06, 07:47 PM	#22
ironman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: palm coast florida Posts: 879	I went to gander mountain yesterday for the first time and they had some very sensitive rod's.

10-29-06, 07:56 PM	#23
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	pnj you too huh? zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

10-29-06, 08:46 PM	#24
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Gator (St. Croix blanks), St. Croix S-glass, GLoomis, All-Star, Falcon and Shimano......I'm a believer in getting rods for specific techniques. Some people believe that you should only use one brand. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

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