Fishing Rod Or Pole

[Oregon Native]

Fish with a "rod"....push a boat with a "pole"

[Raul]

How about poles don't have guides.

Also that, poles don't have guides.

[flipin4bass]

Andy called it a fishin pole.

[Catch and Grease]

Used to call it a fishing pole, still do sometimes...

 

Guess I call it a fishing rod more though.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

One of my biggest fishing pet peeves.

 

It's a rod.

[aavery2]

Pole and Rod seem to be interchangeable terms, I prefer to use rod.

[Choporoz]

To me, fishing poles are made of cane or bamboo.  Period.   I probably visibly shudder slightly whenever a 'proper' fishing rod is called a pole....kind of the same reaction I used to have in the Navy when someone referred to my ship as a boat.....sorry if it looked like I was gagging a bit

[Catch and Grease]

To me the definition of a pole is something that has one end stuck or pushed into the ground.... Like a flag pole or push pole for example.

[BassThumbAddict]

I just realized I use rod when talking about bass fishing, and pole when talking about any other. Never would have noticed. 

[Raul]

To me, fishing poles are made of cane or bamboo.  Period.   I probably visibly shudder slightly whenever a 'proper' fishing rod is called a pole....kind of the same reaction I used to have in the Navy when someone referred to my ship as a boat.....sorry if it looked like I was gagging a bit

 

I pretty much think you are right on the spot about fishing poles made of cane or bamboo, NHK network ocassionally airs a fishing show and the japanes literally take fishing with poles to the extreme ( very japanese ) they fish for Amago ( a native trout ) in knee deep creeks with a bamboo pole, 6-10 yards of line and a tiny fly dropping the fly at pockets behind rocks and such, also they fish for Ayu ( a native minnow ) with bamboo fishing poles and hair thin line.

[I.rar]

Fishing poles and reels?

Rods and reels sound better to me.

I say rod

[S Hovanec]

rod.  Pole is my nails on the chalkboard word.

 

Poles are long things, typically cane or fiberglass, with an 'eye' on the end where you tie the 'string'.

 

On a bit of an aside.  That retirement rod I posted the pics of last month.....they kept calling it a POLE.  It was hard to let that one go, but I did.

[*Hootie]

Under $100, it's a pole. Over $100, it's a rod.

Hootie