pistol grip rod

[jebar01]

I have a 5 foot 6 inch pistol grip bait casting rod.  Early nineties, I caught my personal best largemouth in less than 2 feet of water. I am a bank fisherman and am wondering, is it still useful?  The long rods are the rage and have two myself but I was practicing yesterday and  it just felt right.  Any comments or words of wisdom?  PB was on a six inch Mann's worm.

[Log Catcher]

I still have some 5'6" casting rods. I am fishing from a boat and I like to use them for topwater poppers and walking style baits. If they feel good to you go ahead and use them. Everybody uses what they are comfortable with.

[Bruce424]

apparently those are great spinnerbait rods

[DogBone_384]

8 hours ago, jebar01 said:

I was practicing yesterday and  it just felt right.

You answered your own question.  If it feels right, it's right.  I still have a 5'6" BPS Pro Comp Graphite pistol grip that's probably from the early '90s like yours.

[Teal]

Hey guys, I was looking through TW and it Lews makes a rod thats pretty close to an old school pistol grip.   The Lews Custom Plus line up has a 5'9" MH. I checked lews website to make sure The 5-9 wasn't a typo    The Lews website calls it the target casting special.   It appears to have a shorter full grip handle, no pistol butt end, but it does have a trigger.   I'm tempted to order one and see if I can make it into a dock skipping rod.   I'm sure it would be a good spinner bait or square Bill rod.   

[jebar01]

Bruce 424, you just reminded me that I caught my first bass on a spinnerbait with that rod.

!  Up to then, mostly bass fishing with spinning rod.  Must be getting older,HaHa.  Thanks for the info.  Jim

[PourMyOwn]

8 hours ago, Teal said:

Hey guys, I was looking through TW and it Lews makes a rod thats pretty close to an old school pistol grip.   The Lews Custom Plus line up has a 5'9" MH. I checked lews website to make sure The 5-9 wasn't a typo    The Lews website calls it the target casting special.   It appears to have a shorter full grip handle, no pistol butt end, but it does have a trigger.   I'm tempted to order one and see if I can make it into a dock skipping rod.   I'm sure it would be a good spinner bait or square Bill rod.   

I'm sure you'd like that rod, it looks like a good one. I have a few old pistol grips that I got for under 35 a piece on eBay, and they are great car rods. One is a Falcon and the other two are old Lew's.

 

They fit easily in the trunk of my VW, it's always nice to throw a few before I come home. Being good for topwaters and small squarebills is a bonus.