My Rod Is Better Than Yours

[Tywithay]

I guess I don't get the question. Is there any love? What love? Is there love for people that use several?

Fish with what you have, have fun, don't worry about what others think.

[John G]

I don't ever remember any post on this forum where people are putting down or looking down on a person that has only one rod or uses only one rod. I have posted that when I was a kid, I only had one combo, and back then, I referred to it as my rod and reel. If you only have one rod and reel, no one is bothered by it.

[Hogsticker]

I can cover 95% with 2,but one doesn't cut the cheese. I want to maximize my chances . One stick with one bait doesn't accomplish that. I have fun regardless.

[SirSnookalot]

I dance to the beat of my own drum.  Of the 5 freshwater combos I have, 1 gets used only for senkos since I dislike fishing that way ti gets used less then 6 times a year, 3 get used quite a bit but only carry only 1 at a time.  The 4 th is what I've been into the last month or so, a ul fishing only a top lure, nothing else.  My catch quality has been excellent with very few fish under 18" and some 24", that said it doesn't happen every day.  My level of intensity is high and I'm working hard, I'm looking for a great fish on a limp noodle and I will get it.  The days being skunked don't phase me and I've enjoyed doing this probably more than catching 28" bass out of a canal with a bigger stick.

[ABW]

I only take one when bank fishing, which is all I do.

[roadwarrior]

I personally know that there is one of our sponsors who loves to catch big bass.  He fishes with only one rod and reel.  I'm not going to reveal his secrets here.  As far as I am concerned you can catch 98% of your bass with a medium/heavy rod and any average reel, whether it be spinning or bait casting.  It's the person on one end of the line and the lure on the other end of the line that make the difference.

 

Hmm...

 

I have fished with that guy, too. As I recall he carries about 25 of THAT rod!  Although he catches MONSTERS and needs no advice

from me, he doesn't fish hardbaits unless you consider a jig to be in that category. For me it's all about the golf analogy, it's just fun to

fish with EXACTLY the right rod for a given technique. Most guys only "need" to carry three rods, I prefer about a dozen!

 

 

 

[thehooligan]

My fishing is mostly from the shore, kayak, or in my buddies small boat maybe once a month if that. So i always have two rods on me. One for plastics, one for moving baits. Works great for me...

[smalljaw67]

Didn't Rick Clunn only fish with 1 rod? I mean he had multiple of them but it was all the same rod.

 

 

 

I love Rick Clunn but he has contradicted himself so many times it isn't funny. He use to say that he used only 7' MH-F BPS rods for every thing saying the feel never changed and then I heard him say at a seminar that no matter what period of time it was in his career, he always had a glass cranking rod on the deck of the boat. When someone asked the question about the 7'MH-F rods he claimed it was true but one of those 7'MH-F was a glass crankin' stick, so maybe that is what he meant but that is different in feel from the rods he claimed to only use. As for using a few different rods, well I like to use the golf analogy, why do you need all those clubs, can't you just go with 2? Casual fishing a single rod is great, if I'm going to shore fish for a few hours then I'll take a medium heavy casting rod or a medium power spinning rod and go with that and use baits that those rods work well with. The thing with 1 rod is when you use lures that are outside the rod specs, like I'm not going to throw a 1oz swimbait on my medium casting rod, or a 1/8oz shaky head on a heavy power casting rod. It is a hobby to some, a pass time for others and if you view fishing as a pass time then 1 rod makes perfect sense, but the guy who has it as his or her main hobby, well we tend to take it up a few levels. Take a look at RC race cars, there are some that just mess around and have fun, while others spend 5K to 10K on custom carbon fiber bodies, shocks, and suspension parts and compete all around the world, the same thing applies to fishing, it just depends on how serious you take it.

[*Hootie]

By most accounts RC was a little out there.

Boy yeah!!!

Hootie

[WIGuide]

There's no non-love for those who only use one rod. There are tons of fishermen out there that only have one rod and are happy with that. One thing you need to remember is though, that most of those people are not well represented on here. They go fishing for something to do. If they catch fish, they're happy and if not it really doesn't phase them. The majority of people on here take fishing a bit more seriously and generally spend more on gear than those who just do it for something to do. It's not that there isn't any love for those who only use one rod and reel, there's just a lot less of us here that do that. Nothing wrong with doing it though. 

[IAY]

I fish mostly from shore as well, and I usually use one rod for plastics, jigs, crankbaits, topwaters, and swimbaits under 3 and 1/4 ozs .

[J Francho]

I use one at a time.

[lordpaxin]

I guess the theory would be to have specific rods leaning towards specific powers and actions to match technique

Myself?

I have 10+ rods to take and started out the season taking just that

I don't have the skill our ability to properly fish a worm on a hook let alone 10 separate technique specific tackles

I take 4

1 caster for plastics with a 2/0 hook tied on for smaller

1 caster for plastics with a 5/0 hook for bigger worms and stuff

1 caster with a frog or something

And I always have 1 faithful spinner so when my luck if nest free casting falls short I can just throw a few with the spinner til I relax

[Senko lover]

I take one rod when bank fishing. Actually, when fishing at all because I only have one stick. Purchasing another, though.

Back to roadwarrior's thread on the only rods you need, where he listed three rods, I totally agree with him. However, there's nothing wrong with having multiple rods! I would love to be able to afford a dozen shimano/g loomis combos. Dream on.....

If you're a tournament angler, though, you gotta have multiple rods because retying takes a long time. Sounds like a little thing but it adds up. You have to utilize every second you have (or so I've heard), and so you'll have pre-rigged rods that you can pick up and lay down in a second.

[*Hootie]

Andy Griffith....he only had one rod.

Eagle eye Annie.

Hootie

[Fishes in trees]

I don't like wasting time when I am fishing.  Fishing rods & reels & bait & lines can be purchased.   Last time I checked, I couldn't find a place to buy fishing time.   You only get so much of it on any given day.

Anything I can do to save fishing time is money well spent for me.

 

I don't mind taking the time to retie, if in the course of normal fishing events I lose a lure or scuff up lines or decide I need a different lure.  Wasting time is a different matter.  Why retie, when all I have to do to throw a different lure is pick up a different rig?  When you get a severe backlash, and we all get them from time to time, just put the rig away for the day, rather than waste time messing with the tangle.

 

When I was fishing as a co-angler in BFL's, I carried 3 or 4 extra bait casters so that I didn't waste time messing with back lashes.  That is when the worst ones seemed to happen, fishing out of the back of the boat, and the boat moves unexpectedly and a back lash happens.

 

Each cat his own rat, so to speak, I find that when I'm fishing by myself, 20 rigs laid out on the deck are manageable.  With a buddy in the boat, I cut it down some.  Should I break one by stepping on it or something like that, I've only myself to blame.   It has been 5 years since I've done that.  Close calls happen every week and so it is only a matter of time before I break another one.

 

It is a system that works for me.

[Texas Hawg Hunter]

Thanks guys.  It has been informative hearing everyone's perspective on rods. 

[J Francho]

Andy Griffith....he only had one rod.

Eagle eye Annie.

Hootie

 

He sold that rod to get Aunt B. a housecoat for her birthday.

[Dwight Hottle]

I personally know that there is one of our sponsors who loves to catch big bass.  He fishes with only one rod and reel.  I'm not going to reveal his secrets here.  As far as I am concerned you can catch 98% of your bass with a medium/heavy rod and any average reel, whether it be spinning or bait casting.  It's the person on one end of the line and the lure on the other end of the line that make the difference.

 

 

Yes he only fishes with one rod & reel. But you failed to mention he has more than a dozen of those outfits aboard his boat at any time.

[*Hootie]

He sold that rod to get Aunt B. a housecoat for her birthday.

Ahh, a Mayberry fan. Classic shows.

Yes, but he got it back when Mayor Stoner needed Andy to cover for him.

Hootie

[J Francho]

Very Good!

 

That mayor was a sheister!

[aavery2]

Very Good!

 

That mayor was a sheister!

Well his last name was Stoner......  Just Sayin

[*Hootie]

Very Good!

That mayor was a sheister!

Andy got him. He lost the $15.00 he paid for the bed jacket, lost the bed jacket, and the fishing rod. Get him Andy....lol.

Hootie

[senile1]

Thanks - I noticed that.

 

Of course that make me look like a bit of a Knucklehead . . . .

 

And with that - I bid you and your one rod adieu . . . . . . . 

 

A-Jay

 

A-Jay - As president of the Knucklehead Anglers Club, I welcome you!

[CarolinaBoy4Life]

In response to the OP I normally carry 3 rod's bank fishing occassionally one when I am dialed in on a pattern for an extended period of time. I just became a boat owner so now I have about 9 with me at all times. Needed? No just help's if what I'm throwing isn't working to switch it up easily to a new rig. Now here lately I have gotten to where I am only taking one rod and that's one of my swimbait rod's. I take it only to learn every little detail I can and gain more confidence with it. More rod's is more a luxury not a requirement