11-07-2006, 05:54 PM
The situation where 2 rods are really useful to me is ice fishing. I almost always fish 2 rods where permitted. It lets you actively jig one, while dead sticking the other and lets you figure out which presentation the fish want. If they want a dead stick presentation you can set both down. If they want it actively jigged there are usually still some fish that are attracted to the area by the jigging of the one rod you're actively working, but that will hit the dead stick. I don't think there are very many folks who can effectively jig 2 rods at once. And I don't think that was the thinking behind the change.
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