Rod brands

[Dryrod]

[center][cool][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 4]Which is your favorite rod manufacturer? What % of the rods you own are made by this company?[/size][/green][/font][/center] [center][font "Poor Richard"][#008000][size 4][/size][/#008000][/font] [/center] [center][font "Poor Richard"][#008000][size 4]Spare the rod & spoil the child. Buy your kid a rod and take him fishing.[/size][/#008000][/font][/center]
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[shark_hunter]

I like Abu Garcia. 50% of the rods I have are of this brand the other 50% is mixed between diferent brands
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[Tarpon4me]

It depends on what kind of fishing i'm doing as to what brand of rod I use. I feel different companies are better at making different types of rods for different types of fishing. I'd say most of my rods are ugly stix's by Shakespear. Though Shakespear really isn't a good REEL company, thier rods are superior to most other brands. I use them for inshore saltwater fishing for Flounder, Red Drum, Sheepshead, Black Drum, and just about anything else. You slap a Abu Garcia 7000 on a 6' ugly stix, and there isn't much that outfit isn't good for. Infact, i've 4 of them, and that's all I use. I've caught everything from 7 pound flounder to 45 pound king mackeral on my outfits. Shakespear makes a type of ugly stix called an "intercoastal," and it is the I CHING of all. That is the type of Ugly Stix that I have on my 7000's. If you're Offshore fishing for big game, i'd say Penn stand-up rods are hard to beat for the money. And Quantum makes kick-ass ultra lights. So............ Offshore fishing would be Penn rods hands down, which makes 100% of my offshore tackle. Ugly stix's make about 75% of my inshore saltwater/catfishing tackle(however the ugly stix are all I use now), and Quantum makes up my ultra light which is a 100% of my light tackle equipment. And berkley is the only line I use, except for stren on my light tackle(which I haven't been too happy with the stren here lately)
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[Fishslayer]

#1. Old Skool Sabres. I have around a half dozen or so that I use often.

#2. Seeker. Similar actions to the old Sabres. Another half dozen or thereabouts.

#3. Black Ugly Stick. Most underrated stick on the water, but not by those of us that use 'em. We know![cool] Got 3 of those. 2 go with me on most trips.

Fishslayer
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[OldPa]

For the last thirty-five years, I've done mostly light spinning; lakes, rivers, streams, and salt. Spent ten years in the middle building my own rods. On finished rods (and blanks) it's been a roundtrip; Shakespeare>Fenwick>Shakespeare. Pretty hard to beat an Ugly Stik Lite.
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[DrownedDesertRat]

I'd have to say that so far Shakespeare has made about half of the rods that I own. I love my little Shakespeare ProAm rod that I picked up at WalMart. I use it about 80% of the time.

They're also the makers of the Ugly Stick. The second rod I ever bought. Love it! It's what I've used the most for medium sized fish. Great for carp in the river!

The kid has a Shakespeare Synergy that he'll be using for the first time this year.

In the meantime, I also have a Rapala baitcaster that I just got a reel for which I'll be using for some BIG fish. I'm talkin' Muskie and Catfish and anything else that wants to take it on.

I have been using a Guide Series baitcasting rod from Gander Mountain for most of my muskie fishing but I'm going to use it more for bass fishing this year.

I also have a Guide Series spinning rod that I just bought for the extra reel that I had. Gonna use that more for bass fishing also.
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[tubeN2]

I have @242 rods at this point in time. There is no real dominant brand as far as a majority percentage.

I do have many made by Daiwa, Seeker, Graphtech, G Loomis, older Fenwicks, Calstar, Shimano, California Series, Shakespheres, Zebcos and a few others.[cool]
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[davetclown]

Bigfishtackle.

20% of my personal rods are Bigfishtacle rods.

These rods are available at the gift shop on the right columb of this page.

Note it takes an extreamly long time to get to your door. they are hand rapped.
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