Bling or no bling

[MacJig]

So when purchasing a rod and/or a reel, how important is bling to you? In other words does aesthetics play a major part when selecting a rod and reel? For me, it is somewhat important. It isn't because I have to have a sharp looking piece of equipment. It's that I prefer one. I'm really not into that standard black and or gray that  melts in with every other black or gray rod in my collection. I like some color, some flash and generally my eyes will go to that rod that has more of that bling. It makes me want to fish it more. Abu Garcia, St Croix and yes even SixGill rods have some of that bling that I think really makes them look sharp. Abu Garcia, 13 Fishing, KastKing reels can look ... A+. Do you feel the same way or does color, flash and bling mean nothing to you? What brands or models are standouts for you?

[Skunkmaster-k]

My Lightning rod is pretty flashy. 

[mrpao]

Aesthetics are very important.

I mean you wouldn't buy an ugly or plain vehicle. You wouldn't date a plain or ugly woman.

Why buy a plain or ugly rod or reel if you had a choice.

Too me, Daiwa and megabass make some of the most attractive gear. The color combinations just look sweet.

[MN Fisher]

I'm not too worried about the aesthetics of a rod. Long as it doesn't look like some hack put it together in their basement, looks don't matter much.

 

Now saying that - I'm not gonna get certain colors...just because. You'll never see me look at a pink rod twice...just no...

[A-Jay]

Less Bling for me.

I run a Black Truck, a Black Boat with Black Motor and a bunch of black, silver & red rods & reels.

While there's few rigs mixed in there that sport a little color,

the stick jackets are about as flashy as I get with my gear.

A-Jay

 

 

[Skunkmaster-k]

My wife has a pink tackle bag. Guess who gets to carry it out on the dock. 

[MacJig]

8 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

I'm not too worried about the aesthetics of a rod. Long as it doesn't look like some hack put it together in their basement, looks don't matter much.

 

Now saying that - I'm not gonna get certain colors...just because. You'll never see me look at a pink rod twice...just no...

Funny. I didn't know they made pink rods!

5 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Less Bling for me.

I run a Black Truck, a Black Boat with Black Motor and a bunch of black, silver & red rods & reels.

While there's few rigs mixed in there that sport a little color,

the stick jackets are about as flashy as I get with my gear.

A-Jay

 

 

I would hate to be one of the bottom rods in that collection. It's probably suffocated by now! ?

[Catt]

I'll refer back to my days in the aerospace industry.

 

Form, Fit, and Function is the identification and description of characteristics of a part or assembly. Each defines a specific aspect of the part to help engineers match parts to needs. 

[A-Jay]

4 minutes ago, MacJig said:

I would hate to be one of the bottom rods in that collection. It's probably suffocated by now! ?

Are you here all week ?

Maybe I'll try the veal.

A-Jay

[MN Fisher]

6 minutes ago, MacJig said:

Funny. I didn't know they made pink rods!

St Croix Avid Pearl - it's pretty pink.

[roadwarrior]

No bling for me. I like my fishing gear to resemble a fine gun.

 

https://www.browning.com/products/firearms/shotguns/citori.html

[PhishLI]

1 hour ago, mrpao said:

I mean you wouldn't buy an ugly or plain vehicle.

Yes I would.

1 hour ago, mrpao said:

You wouldn't date a plain or ugly woman.

Why buy a plain or ugly rod or reel if you had a choice.

I like my vehicles ugly, my women ugly, my dogs even uglier, and don't give a flying hockey puck what my gear and especially what your gear looks like.

[Eric 26]

I will freely admit aesthetics are very important to me. Case in point I had a Daiwa CA80 on a Lews Carbon Fire rod and couldn’t take it, so I bought the identical rod a Lews Hank Parker rod and now all is right in my world?

[MacJig]

3 minutes ago, Eric 26 said:

I will freely admit aesthetics are very important to me. Case in point I had a Daiwa CA80 on a Lews Carbon Fire rod and couldn’t take it, so I bought the identical rod a Lews Hank Parker rod and now all is right in my world?

Funny. That sounds like me. If the reel doesn't match to the rod, it doesn't go on. 

[PhishLI]

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

Now saying that - I'm not gonna get certain colors..

Yeah, I don't do day-glo.

[zpelletier]

1 hour ago, mrpao said:

mean you wouldn't buy an ugly or plain vehicle.

I don’t know about that, there’s an awful lot of Ford Taurus out there

[TOXIC]

2 hours ago, MacJig said:

So when purchasing a rod and/or a reel, how important is bling to you?

-0- None, nada, zippo, a rod and reel is a tool to me and performance is 1,000 times more important.  Not to say you can’t have both but bling is not a consideration to me.  It’s actually a negative because I am old school and it used to be you blinged out your products to make up for poor quality. 

[NorthernBasser]

To me, rod/reel looks aren't nearly as important as other aspects when it comes to purchasing a rod/reel. With that said, it does matter to me.

 

Personally, I like blacks/grays/silvers the most. I just like the looks, and if I have a reel with some color to it, it's easy to match up with a black rod. That doesn't mean I don't like the looks of some rods like the Megabass Levante. Or the St. Croix Legend Glass. But to me, the best looking rods I own are my Expride's. As for reels, black/silver/white for me. But I do like the red on the Scorpion and the new Lew's KVD reels. 

 

What I really can't do are crazy colors like these. Even those new BassX rods...even tho they have black blanks, the label on them are BUTT ugly IMO. No idea what St. Croix was thinking with those.

 

[Mike L]

I couldn’t care less. 

My fishing gear is bought to compliment what I need it to do, not that if it will look pretty in my hands. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike
 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mobasser]

Bling doesn't catch fish. So, not important for me.

[Pogues2300]

Less is more for me. I don’t care enough about looks to not use my favorite rod (Loomis) but if they suddenly changed them to crazy day glow green like a few other rods maybe I’d reconsider lol. Megabass p5 x-bites was my favorite looking rod I’ve owned.

[EWREX]

i like a simple slick clean look. i don't mind some colored accent's, but those neon colored rod blanks give me agita 

[FishTank]

I kind of don't care as long the rod is not white.

 

Sensitivity,  balance,  warranty and especially the "Fun to Fish" factor are what I want in my rods.

[NorthernBasser]

1 hour ago, Mike L said:

I couldn’t care less. 

My fishing gear is bought to compliment what I need it to do, not that if it will look pretty in my hands. 
 

The beauty of it all is there's enough rods/reels out there where you can get equipment that performs up to your standard, and look aesthetically pleasing all at the same time.

13 minutes ago, FishTank said:

 

Sensitivity,  balance,  warranty and especially the "Fun to Fish" factor are what I want in my rods.

The "fun to fish" part is so true. I have rods like Expride, Orochi, Kistlers, Posion Adrena, and one of my favorite rods to fish, for whatever reason, is a Dobyns Sierra 734. It's just feels "right". 

[Mike L]

1 minute ago, NorthernBasser said:

The beauty of it all is there's enough rods/reels out there where you can get equipment that performs up to your standard, and look aesthetically pleasing all at the same time.

 

No doubt. 
See them all the time when shopping. 

Aesthetically pleasing is just not a consideration if I buy it or not. 
 

 

 

Mike