Noodle Rods

[Glassguy]

Picked up an eleven foot GLoomis spinning noodle rod. Figured it would be fun to use for schoolies with light line. Anyone have any experience using noodle rods?

Bob

[striprman]

When Mr. Big comes along, you would wish you had used a "normal" rod. Noodle rods are meant to fish for big trout in rivers, not for stripers. But, if you enjoy using it, good for you.

If you do get a fish on, you may exhaust it to the point of death, they don't have enough backbone to turn a decent size fish.

[Rob C.]

im sure they will be fun for the schoolies, like striperman said if ya catch a big one it might not make it back alive. i bet they would be perect for shad fishing. casting the darts a good distance and you woudnt rip the lips. have fun

[Mike P]

So how do guys land 30# plus salmon from fast-running streams on noodle rods

[hooked]

Go for it.

I've got a 8'6" steelhead rod for throwing light jigs and unweighted rubber. I used 30# braid to compensate for the softer blank.

I also caught some decent bass live lining tinker macs on it.

With an 11' noodle, you could probably cast flies.

[Slipknot]

nope