02-15-2018, 04:30 AM
Poles are likely mass produced and very low cost compared to American marketed rods. Those long ones of the photograph were impressive. (I'm wondering if that is farm fishing in China.)
Interestingly, I have a rod that can be fished like a pole in that it's long reach and amazingly lightweight carbon fiber at twenty three feet. Even still, it is a four piece, so it fits in a 5 foot 9 inch case with the reel. It can be fished with targeting the other side of a river like fly fishing yet without all the mending intensive techniques to deal with uneven currents. You can even totally ignore current by just dangling the fly over the water under the branches. The fish will very much know it's there!
Ronald
Interestingly, I have a rod that can be fished like a pole in that it's long reach and amazingly lightweight carbon fiber at twenty three feet. Even still, it is a four piece, so it fits in a 5 foot 9 inch case with the reel. It can be fished with targeting the other side of a river like fly fishing yet without all the mending intensive techniques to deal with uneven currents. You can even totally ignore current by just dangling the fly over the water under the branches. The fish will very much know it's there!
Ronald