Favorite rod
 

Whats your favorite fishing rod?

That I use? a Tica 10' 2 piece spinning

That i dont? My grandfathers first pole... No idea who made it.. All I know its about 40 years old, and I took it out once... Its a cannon.. Got it hanging on my wall. 12' 1 piece

reel - my grandfathers, then my fathers, now mine 20+ year old penn 704.

lami 1201m
in my eyes there is no comparison for eels and 2+ oz plugs

Quarrow QS1002HR Green Country ML1 2pc 10' surf rod with a bailess 704.

Depends on where I want to fish. If I could only have 1 fishing rod it would be my zziplex sea raiderII. Not the best at all applications, like throwing 7/8 bombers or 6 oz rubber duckies but it will do both adequately.

for jigging ; 1209 all star
plugging; Lami GSB 1322
chunking ;Lami 121 3M

If I could use only 1, Arra 1205

:bgi: All Star 1209, spinning and conventional :bgi:

Arra 1322, only thing its not exceptional at, is being 10'

8' St. Croix with abu reel.

Though I like a falcon rod that I tried recently... might be the next purchase

sabre 1088 and all star 1209.

Loomis SUR965

lami 1201 m I love that rod great eel or pencil rod not to many graphite rods can do those well.plus a tuff blank to boot.

I change favorites sometimes but right now its a 1321M that i had to cut a foot and a half from the butt..dont ask.:tooth: This thing is unbelieveable, and the length is great..itll throw anything.

One rod? Impossible for me. I think my problem is figuring out which one is my favorite on a given night fishing a certain way. Here is my list of rods I frequently use:

1201M - spinner and conventional - spinner is sweet for darters, conventional is great on eels

1081MH - SWEET slug-go rod as a spinner, just getting used to it as a conventional

1321M conventional - great needlefish, jigging, or eel rod

Zziplex sea raider - still getting used to this one, but it is a very good all around conventional

I been using the lami triflex alot forget the # in van .. 10' 2pc. throws everything.. fights a fish well

Lami 1213M with an Abu 7000 or a Squidder

Arra 1322

All Star 1088
Arra 1205
My sweet little Loomis 8 footer

For both fresh and salt (light tackle) for me it is my Shimano Magnumlite GT Fightin rods from the 80's. Still use them today. They have the reel seat buit right into the blank and a real strong backbone. Bluefish and stripers on them are an absolute ball to catch. Like any other light tackle setup, it helps to have a reel with good drag.

Take a hacksaw and do a one foot butt-ectomy :huh:

Lami 1201L
Lami 1201M
Allstar 1088

Lami 1213m with Abu 7000 same as Longshot. I love my Arra 1204 also.

loomis 1266, wide weight range. Plus it's a cannon.

Its on my Lotto list. $280 is alotta dough to be hackin around on, without much precedence :eek:

I second taggers opinion of the lami triflex- very impressed by the rod so far. I want another but lami d/c'd the series I am told!!

conventional: sabre 1088
spinning: rainshadow 1207

Arra 1204
All Star 1088

I just picked up a new Falcon and I really love it, but most of my fishing is off the boat.

What I think you'd wind up with is something between the old 1204 and the 1205. I think it'd be a winner, and IMO what Lami should have come out with as the new 1204.

I just picked up a Batson 1088 from M&D's and it is seriously Sweet.

The custom Saltheart just made for me:happy:

Yup...
I also love my batson 1089 for jiggin..... but the 1201M is the first and last rod I reach for 90% of the time.....

A couple of weeks ago I upgraded to GLoomis 1266 (C).... I love it, although I could use a few bigger fishing tugging at the other end.

I also did this spring.Its my second favorite rod and my most used rod.

8 foot STAR spinner - e glass.

I have 2 1088's spin and convench...one of my favs

gsb 1201-l from saltheart.
rainshadow 1087.

lami 1363M in honey, 6" off tip and 3'off butt. a friend had this exact rod, having made it out of a broken 1363M. he proceeded to break it again throwing into his truck one night :eek: anyways i liked it so much i bought the blank, cut it up and had a shop wrap it. gets matched with an Abu 7000.

1088 spin for surf
1209 convench for canal
Sold my 120M to some bum from CT. Mistake. :huh: