Thread: Denali rods

I've talked to all of the Guides at Grenada that use Denali. None of them will admit to buying any jenkos... ever, much less this week.

Nice try though I guess....


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Originally Posted by pstone

I've talked to all of the Guides at Grenada that use Denali. None of them will admit to buying any jenkos... ever, much less this week.

Nice try though I guess....


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Whew, I sure am glad , was afraid I wouldn't be able to see them white poles swinging in the air today and not have any idea where to fish!!!!!

Bwahahaha John.


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If I were a guide I would hesitate to put those denalis in the hands of an unknown client. Maybe a jenko, but not a denali.

Originally Posted by Boatbottom

If I were a guide I would hesitate to put those denalis in the hands of an unknown client. Maybe a jenko, but not a denali.

Why, they are a great guiding tool. I had one rod broke by a client this spring, ole Mike123456789 and any rod made prolly would have broke in the circumstnces. I rarely used a net and swung a bunch of fish in the 2 pound range to the boat with them. Part of the being guided experience is the client wants to see what and why a guide uses what he does, from the boat, set up, seats, you name it.

Yeah, we've done hundreds of trips with them this year. No problem.

There's not anyone on a guide trip that's harder on them than I am. I assure you that. Lol


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Makes sense.


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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

Why, they are a great guiding tool. I had one rod broke by a client this spring, ole Mike123456789 and any rod made prolly would have broke in the circumstnces. I rarely used a net and swung a bunch of fish in the 2 pound range to the boat with them. Part of the being guided experience is the client wants to see what and why a guide uses what he does, from the boat, set up, seats, you name it.

In the March-June time frame I probably AVERAGED 2 broken rods a week. Clients unsteady on their feet and step on tips, drop the baits right in front of the RipTide when power-trolling at 1.0 (same guy did that twice in one trip. Made 8 footers out of 143Ts), hanging a loose PFD straps in the rods then yanking it loose, you name it. Sure can't blame the rods when such happens. I do cringe a bunch when I hear that crunch. That's why I keep a sporting goods store supply of tips in my rod boxes. It hurts my bottom line but I figure that is just the cost of doing business as long as I'm 100% sure it was accidental.

My clients will always see my best gear. A large % are there to learn to pull/push/longline rather than just catch some fish and boat ride. That same % want to know WHY I chose this and that gear over another brand. I've had feedback from a bunch who fished with me that they had switched brands because of something I explained to them. When a guy who just fished with me goes home and orders a new $2000 trolling motor, 2 $2000 GPS/DI/SI units of another brand than the ones he had, and several hundreds of $$ worth of rods and baits, I pretty well know he was impressed with my gear and how I use it.