Short Casting Rods

[I.rar]

I was just thinking about my first casting rod earlier, a 6' m/f compre with the full cork handle, and was wondering why companies dont produce them this short anymore. I absolutely loved that rod and used it for for everything. Casting distance was pretty good and balanced extremely well with a citica d. I regret sending it in for replacement for a chipped tip guide because shimano send me a 6'9 replacement. Life moves on, but why such long rods as a minimum length?

[jtesch]

^{Funny isn't it, I'm 50 and 30 years ago a 7' rod was long. 5'6"-6' was the norm. I don't know how many pistol grip 5'6" rods I had but it was a lot. How times change}

[Kevin22]

Improvements. Progression. Change. Should I go on? 

[Alpha Male]

there are a lot of companies that still offer a full range of 6' models

[John G]

I was just thinking about my first casting rod earlier, a 6' m/f compre with the full cork handle, and was wondering why companies dont produce them this short anymore.

Loomis makes their 'Classic Casting' rods. They are all full cork 6' models.

[I.rar]

there are a lot of companies that still offer a full range of 6' models

Post em up!

[I.rar]

Those Loomis are nice but pricey. I got my compre used from this flea market for $60 shipped! Hell of a deal imo.

[John G]

Those Loomis are nice but pricey. I got my compre used from this flea market for $60 shipped! Hell of a deal imo.

I have 2 of the Loomis CR723's. If you follow eBay, you can find the CR722 IMX's at good prices. They are used but most appear to be very nice. I bid and won one for around $125.00 a while back and it would have been a very nice rod but the clown never sent it to me. I did get my money back from eBay in the end. The 722's always are very popular on ebay.

[Jrob78]

All Star still makes short, full cork models.  They are exclusive to Academy and cost around $50.

 

http://www.allstarrods.com/asclassic/