Some people own so many fishing rods (Joe) that I just can't fathom...(no pun intended) owning so many rods!!! So I am wondering, how many fishing rods do you guys personally own and do you use them all????:huh: :think:

Sorry...I forgot to start....I own 10 rods....2 conventional....8 spinning, and mostly I only use four of them. I just arranged to have a new one made and I am having another one done also.

too many :smash:

Likwid...you are always the first to respond with a smart answer! I gotta meet you some time, I bet you are a scream??? So how many rods do you own???:smash: :smash: :smash:

I own 4 smelt rods. 2 fly rods.2 downrigger rods. 4 trolling rods. 3 salt spinning rods.2 csting rods.1 surf casting rod. 3 bottom rods.5 fresh spinning rods . 5 fresh casting rods. and a couple retired rods. I also have a few guest(kid) rods. I guess I own about 40 rods. Owe yah I have a couple of fresh water spinning rods in the closet for the kids to give me for Xmas. They were on sale for 1/2 price. Jackie O
How many rods do you have?:D

38, don't tell the wife!

2 drifting,
2 trolling ,
4 spinning
1 smelt
1 fly dont know how to use
and fresh water gear... lots more to come this x-mas:D

4 SURF CAST
6 BAIT CAST (2 FLOUNDER, 4 STRIPER)
1 SALT FLY
3 FRESH FLY
6 FRESH SPIN-CAST (3 LIGHT ACTION, 3 MED ACTION)
2 ICE FISHING RIGS

THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE 4 THAT I GAVE AWAY AS GIFTS.

YOU ONLY HAVE TOO MANY RODS WHEN YOU DON'T GET TO USE THEM.

Not enough.:D

Not near enough:D
12 salt & fresh

Thats what I like about you Slingah.....right to the point!!!

Way too many yet still not enough. :D

12 salt
3 fresh
I thought I had more, oh well Christmas is coming.:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

YA what my kid said , more rod's 4 Christmas ,I'll be a good boy SANTA I promise.
Hey Santa do you troll 4 flying fish from your sleigh?
:confused:

Less than 20. over 20 including started and unbuilt blanks :D but looking to diversify a little more and add some boat & specialty rods... Maybe I need to flyfish too :eek5:

Not 4 me. The first time I tried fly fishing I hooked into a monster f#@%^$#$ Bluefish and I couldn't figure out how to stop the sucker, spooled me.

11 total

2 fresh
6 salt
2 fly
1 scooby doo

Apparently I need more.

wife says too many, I say not enuff, ordered 2 more from CS, that will bring it to about 20, +or-

Nothing wrong with owning 20 or more.

I have 24 salt
1 fly
about 7 fresh

and I use about half of them, don't use boat rods anymore which I hav 7 of.

1 surf rod
2 heavy spinners
2 light spinners
2 heavy conventional
2 wire line
2 fly rods

2 more coming for xmas

Originally posted by bspice13
Way too many yet still not enough. :D


yup yup...:uhuh:

7 conventional (dont even own a boat) lol
1 fly rod
5 surf spin beasts!
3 plugging spin
2 flukers 1 cast 1 spin
4 tinker/snapper spin
too many fresh water 6-7 (haven't fished fresh in 2 years now)
1 telescopic 15' for goat island/jamestown tinker
4-8 ice rigs
there's more just can't remember them all...

11- All for the salt and almost all for the surf!

32
between surf , boat , fly , fresh . then there is the ice gear .

but I still need a few more . can never have too many .

Who knows ???????? Too many to count since they are strategicly located all over the place to conceal them form "enemy observation". Hope to add more this weekend :D Can't get rid of any, the kids will need them someday

Only have about 4 top of the line rigs and I use them all.

1 conv surf
1 spinning surf
4 8 foot all purpose spin
4 flyrods
9 boat rods

too many :D

Even after thinning the forest by selling off quite a few trees when my first marriage broke up, I still have over 20 surf and light tackle rods.

4 surf spin (one broken) (2 st croix, one lami, one custom that I dont sue much)
1 surf conv st cro.
1 Fluke conv shimano
1 travel rod (spin) ? I forget
1 Blackfish rod (conv) Penn Slammer
1 light spin rod for shad and schoolies in april Pfluger
1 ultra light for big bluefish (bloo fahkers on 4lb trout gear is the best light tackle action around.. bonito shomitos... give me 10lbs of pissed off blue on a 5ft trout rod... I forget the brand.. I blow at least one small reel up every year.. so I buy the ones that cost about 15 at wally's place

These are the ones I use regularly.. There are a bunch of misc. gear I dont use anymore.. maybe 3 or so spin rods between 6-7 feet I dont have a use for. Also 2 fly rods, and a few I'm forgeting

Plus I am building at least one new stick this year, and may sell one of my close to new surf spins to pay for blank etc... it aint easy fishin and beein a broke as professional student
:D :smash:

good post bigfish.. brings out the gear heads :D

One 9 ft silstar combo set for chunking.
one daiwa seanealax with 405 baitrunner for eeling and plugging

one south bend surf/pier combo set (it sucks and the reel is shot. i hope to repair it and rewrap it for fun)

one freshwater quantam combo set (can be used for flounder and fluke and bluefish, havent tested yet)

one 7 ft stilstar rod for boat light tackle

and one shakespeare 7 piece 6'6 rod combo set

46 rods!! I really don't use all of them. Alot of them are rods I had store bought over the years. Then I learned how to build my own and built some rods for different types of fishing I do.
3 surf rod
4 fluke rods
3 chunk rods
3 bass rods
4 general purpose
2 spining rods for top water from the boat
1 eletric Cod rod
These get most of the use were the rest sit on the basement celing, I am going to have to thin some out over the winter.

1 snoopy rod:laughs:

Must look funny with a big ole Newell on it :-D

Yes, the 235 is too big but the 220 is just right:D

I never counted them until just now...49

I have two more being built this winter.

How many ? i duno,,looks like Red Top down here...I need 1 more and all the bases are covered,, and some line on my 9wt:confused:

A little over 40. With 6 fresh water. Plus 3 smelt rods.

11 offshore rods
12 inshore rods
2 surf rods
4 freshwater rods
Lots of old rods that need a guide or two replaced.

How many rods do I own

Not enough

Oh you guys are sick! I have to show my girl this thread because she thinks I'm nuts for having 5 sticks. I try to explain that you can't play golf with only one club, but she doesn't get it..

I need more.

Originally posted by Eben
Oh you guys are sick! I have to show my girl this thread because she thinks I'm nuts for having 5 sticks. I try to explain that you can't play golf with only one club, but she doesn't get it..

I need more.

Ask her why she needs twenty pairs of shoes when she only has two feet :laughs:

Then duck :smash:

For now ,i have 8 customs. hope fully more to come.:)

16 and counting, looking for more.
most are salt water and 3 for fresh water
17 if you count my daughter's snoopy rod;)

I'll finally chirp in here,

I own 5 sticks:

Loomis 7' med fast 1 pc - Penn 360

Star rod 8' bomb proof model - back up

Loomis 8'6" Fast- med - Penn 460

St Croix 9' - Sci Anglers

Loomis 9'6" - Penn 560

They are the team. It is great having alike reels and rods that fell so similar. Some of the reel parts are interchangeable.


I am a spin and Fly guy. No boat yet so no boat rods.

Kind of a bargain so far...........

.:)

At least 12 if I count my ice fishing rod. I actually use 5. Some are guest rods, for new comers and neices and nephews.

to many

Originally posted by Mike P
Ask her why she needs twenty pairs of shoes when she only has two feet :laughs:

Then duck :smash:

Yup. :laughs:

I think I have about seven...and the hubby has a couple that I use about as much as he does...(does that count???)

...oh and 18 pairs of shoes....I have to get the rod to shoe ratio evened out!!!:D :D :D

Well, since some arsehole increased their rod collection by thiefin' from mine earlier this year, I am down to 2 surf rods - 1 for fishing and 1 for backup. People that don't own their own rods already aren't warped enough to fish with me so I don't have to worry about loaner rods for guests. Now that I have the ability to store and transport one piece rods, time to probably have 2 new 1 piece Lami's built this winter......after I put the ring on the woman's finger. If I come home and have 600 beans worth of new rods and she has no rock, I will probably end up with more money and time to spend on fishing......:eek:

4 fresh water
1 saltwater spinning
1 down-rigger rod
2 Smelt poles


and thanks to this thread my wife no longer thinks I'm insane because I want to get another setup this winter

27 in total. 15 salt, 12 fresh and one on the way.:laughs:

I don't feel so bad now.

4 surf (11', 10', 8' spinners, 9' conv)

4 light surf/boat (7 1/2' conv)

3 light tackle boat (7'-7 1/2 spin)

1 7' glass rod I got from my grandfather... he used it for wreck/reef fishing in FL... guess it would be ok for live bait or cod jigging

1 8wt flyrod

5 freshwater rods of various sizes

2 5wt flyrods for trout

and a handful of beat up, broken down rods salt/fresh that just need thrown away that continue to sit against the garage wall.

oh yeah, a 3pc. med action travel rod

I use 3 of them about 90% of the time and yes, I want more and Santa should be bringin' a 7' oceanmaster w/ shimano baitrunner at minimum... he's a good guy.

5 spinning
2 conventional
going for # 8

3 surf spin - plugg'n
3 surf spin - chunk'n
3 fresh spin - plugg'n

6 boat plugg'n and jigg'n that get very little use now days

Total 15 that I can see, a couple more buried in the celler somewhere. :)


But can always use more