Is rod/reel aesthetics super important to you?

[MN Fisher]

3 minutes ago, newapti5 said:

Gee, who came up this pattern? It likes like the vomit of a rainbow unicorn.

It's not the brightness, it's the burning of the eyes!

[PourMyOwn]

I got a Skeet Reese rod in his patented bumble bee colors. It was 39.99 and I couldn't pass it up. 

 

Actually it was 44.99 if you count the can of black rustoleum I used to make it all better.

[Tatulatard]

You have lived to see man made horrors beyond your comprehension.

[Jrob78]

It just occurred to me after the new Daiwa Tatula Elite rod thread that I have absolutely not bought any of those rods because they're ugly and look cheap to me. I will not be buying any of the new ones either, at least not the gray ones with the gray eva grips. I know they are probably great rods but I'm out on them.

 

It's not even that I don't like colored blanks because I have some St. Croix's in a few different blues, dark greens and teals, it's the grays and whites that look cheap to me and I won't buy them. lol 

[dodgeguy]

6 hours ago, Cbump said:

 

Buy this then. It’ll do what it’s supposed to. 
 

 

Never in a million years. Not even if you gave me the money.

[Fishingmickey]

1 hour ago, Tatulatard said:

You have lived to see man made horrors beyond your comprehension.

What a waste of good cork grips.

FM

 

[Derek1]

6 hours ago, Cbump said:

 

Buy this then. It’ll do what it’s supposed to. 
 

 

I would have loved to have bought that for my father. Just to see the look on his face. Would have been worth every penny. 

[JediAmoeba]

18 minutes ago, Jrob78 said:

It just occurred to me after the new Daiwa Tatula Elite rod thread that I have absolutely not bought any of those rods because they're ugly and look cheap to me. I will not be buying any of the new ones either, at least not the gray ones with the gray eva grips. I know they are probably great rods but I'm out on them.

 

It's not even that I don't like colored blanks because I have some St. Croix's in a few different blues, dark greens and teals, it's the grays and whites that look cheap to me and I won't buy them. lol 

But the tatula Elites pair so well with the newer Zillions. My buddy calls them my terminator setups.

[Columbia Craw]

Simple, Spartan, clean build.  I’m all for the minimalist look. No painted blanks. Those days are long gone.

[KP Duty]

Appearance matters, but performance always trumps looks.  Some say fishing equipment is just a tool, but the same could be said for trucks and clothing.  

[redmeansdistortion]

I'd love one of these, a Toy Machine Superlative, made by Isuzu for Frog Products in Japan.

 

[Eric 26]

On 3/2/2023 at 12:44 PM, redmeansdistortion said:

I'd love one of these, a Toy Machine Superlative, made by Isuzu for Frog Products in Japan.

 

I’ve just recently learned of Isuzu reels by our own @bulldog1935But check out these color combos? and yes that’s the color combo chart. 

[WIGuide]

maybe someone should put this sweet looking combo together lol

[bulldog1935]

On 3/2/2023 at 12:44 PM, redmeansdistortion said:

I'd love one of these, a Toy Machine Superlative, made by Isuzu for Frog Products in Japan.

 

You just missed out on a camo that sold out at LureShopSawa within the past few weeks.  

http://sawamura777.com/?pid=155135418

I checked Yahoo listings for you - they've all doubled the price

[Tatulatard]

47 minutes ago, redmeansdistortion said:

I'd love one of these, a Toy Machine Superlative, made by Isuzu for Frog Products in Japan.

 

That's because its Japanese and they have some sort of special high functioning autism to make that work.  It's the low effort chinease stuff that looks the worst.  I like the clear side plate toy machine the best.

[The Maestro]

16 hours ago, Columbia Craw said:

Simple, Spartan, clean build.  I’m all for the minimalist look. No painted blanks. Those days are long gone.

I remember when Shimano released the second generation of Cumaras. The color was pretty shocking and polarizing, especially compared to the original. I look at them now and think they were really great looking rods. I have 3 of them that I don't even use but I'm reluctant to sell them just because I like how they look.

 

[Tatulatard]

6 minutes ago, The Maestro said:

I remember when Shimano released the second generation of Cumaras. The color was pretty shocking and polarizing, especially compared to the original. I look at them now and think they were really great looking rods. I have 3 of them that I don't even use but I'm reluctant to sell them just because I like how they look.

 

Perfect color for a scorpion 150 mgl or 1000xt.

[The Maestro]

Just now, Tatulatard said:

Perfect color for a scorpion 150 mgl or 1000xt.

Definitely. They also looked great with a Core which had red accents. Shimano has kept accents of this red/burgundy color on rods and reels even up to their current stuff. Just not as a base/main color.

[PhishLI]

22 hours ago, Jrob78 said:

It just occurred to me after the new Daiwa Tatula Elite rod thread that I have absolutely not bought any of those rods because they're ugly

Thank God Daiwa was merciful and included a bag to wear over my head!?

[CM-fisher]

On 3/1/2023 at 9:54 AM, Cbump said:

 

Buy this then. It’ll do what it’s supposed to. 
 

 

That rod and reel combo is what immediately popped in my head when I saw the title of this thread....

 

"I'll pretty much take anything, just not THAT one!"

[Darth-Baiter]

On 3/1/2023 at 1:34 PM, Tatulatard said:

You have lived to see man made horrors beyond your comprehension.

What exactly is that?   Wow.  Just wow.  That’s is the perfect reasoning for kayak fishing ti be a solo event.  Wow.   

[Tatulatard]

4 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

What exactly is that?   Wow.  Just wow.  That’s is the perfect reasoning for kayak fishing ti be a solo event.  Wow.   

You haven't lived until you've scrolled AE fishing gear.  

There are some real gems out there when it comes to pictures of gear.  One had a pistol grip casting rod with a center pin reel on it with the rod being held by the model upside-down with the trigger sticking up like a spike.  I have that somewhere.

[Tatulatard]

Here it is.  I belive that is an ice fishing reel.

[Eric 26]

On 3/2/2023 at 2:47 PM, The Maestro said:

I remember when Shimano released the second generation of Cumaras. The color was pretty shocking and polarizing, especially compared to the original. I look at them now and think they were really great looking rods. I have 3 of them that I don't even use but I'm reluctant to sell them just because I like how they look.

 

The color looks like the new KVD Lews color.

[JediAmoeba]

If the rod I wanted was hot pink and the reel I wanted was bright neon blue, I would fish it without quarrel. 

 

I don't match the parts up or care about adding do-hickeys to make it look cool... as long as it functions the way I want, let's go!