Just wondering what type of fishing pole you guys use the most for catching bream...I use the 10 telescoping poles but wish they were not so limber.
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Just wondering what type of fishing pole you guys use the most for catching bream...I use the 10 telescoping poles but wish they were not so limber.
Take a look at the "sticky" thread called "Panfish Rods". It's just a couple of threads above this one and has seven pages of opinions.
Here you go:
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/panfi...fish-rods.html
I don't think anything has caught more panfish than a good ole piece of mother nature's cane.
Cheap fiberglass fly rod and underpin reel.go with 1 designed for 8 or 9 weight fly line.
You got me thinking what is my favorite bream pole. Well out of all the 2 dozen or so pan fish poles that I have I find myself grabbing a old Cane pole that I got from a neighbors cane patch when he thinned it out about 3 years ago. I will miss that old pole when it breaks or finally give out but the neighbor is getting ready to thin the patch again so will get a couple of more pole one of these days again.
Redman
Honestly, the 5 - 6' ultralight combos (usually Zebco) at wally world are the best bang for the buck. I used them until I narrowed down exactly what I wanted in a rod. Another consideration are the 8 thru 10' "Crappie Hunter" rods. Both have really "soft" tips so you can play with the little monsters a bit. When you get hard and heavy into the gill fishin (and who isn't) :) refer to the rod sticky for bigger and better ideas.
lews old fashion bream buster.still got 2.not made anymore. to make that pole sing is the highlight of my fishing.
Man I'm glad to hear that I am not the only one still using cane. Just hung 4 newly cut ones to dry. Love the feel of cane. Proper butt strength, good transition in the middle, and the softest, fastest tip available. Older I get, the more I seem to be returning to my roots, and in the late 50's and early 60's, cane was king for bream. I still have the set of gutter clamp brackets, that we used to carry them on the car. Memory lane...Quote:
Originally Posted by Redman
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Originally Posted by boatstall
or roll down the back window on the car and stick'em through the window into the car. it was nothing to see cars back in the 40's and 50's with cane poles sticking out the back window of cars. i've got lots of can growing here on the farm down on the river. i should go down and cut some to dry like "boat" above did.
X2 that's what I use Thumbs UpQuote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
Yep, cane has the perfect action, IMO. A lot of fiberglass/graphite poles on the market are just too soft.Quote:
Originally Posted by boatstall
Sam Heaton Super sensitive 10' Is the easiest I've ever used.
I use a 5 1/2 ft sharpshooter from B&M.
I love to catchem on an 5.6 ul but the cane pole is hard to beat........
I got access to a huge patch of cane in the swamp behind my house. I remember when I was a kid growing up in the backwoods of Walker county, Alabama, folks used to hang cane poles from tree limbs with a heavy weight tied to the tip end so they'd dry straight. This thread reminded me I need to go chop a few and hang them to dry.
Were abouts?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWAMP FOX
Well, the first place we lived was a coal mining community called Praco. It isn't there anymore. It has been strip mined. Last place we lived was south of Dora, a wide place in the road called Twilleytown on the Walker/Jefferson county line. It isn't on any maps and there's not even a sign for it. We moved from there to Jacksonville, FL when I was 10.
You lived just down the road. I live in the big city of Guin RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by SWAMP FOX
Yea alot of mining over in that area still. There's even an exit for Dora on the new interstate now Thumbs Up
I got an aunt and uncle buried up your way, either Guin or Winfield. I can't remember which. I was up visiting my brother in early March and that Corridor X Freeway passes pretty close to Twilleytown these days. His place is on Reeds Ferry Rd and I have been wanting to try that section of the river for a spell but that's a long way to trailer my rig. First time I remember going fishing my dad took me there and we fished a creek called Burnt Cane Creek.
Guys, let's stay on topic. :)
ugly stik 4'8'' spin combos,and lately i been lovin my berkley cherry wood 5' UL rods.put 5 pound power pro on one,and it casts like a dream,so smooth!speaking of cane,do you guys mean bamboo or something like it?it so happens i have bamboo growin in my backyard.if i knew how to build rods i could use that right?
Yes, bamboo. There are quite a few fly rod builders who use bamboo but, to the best of my knowledge, they all use Tonkin cane which comes from China. I guess the Tonkin cane is a better rod material.Quote:
Originally Posted by bxn
If you still use a quill and a cricket you are ok to fish with me .
Not better, cheaper!Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
I love a good cane pole as much as the next guy, but the only graphite rod really designed for bream that I've ever seen is the Grizzly Elite, 9'6 fly rod, my favorite rod for bream by a mile!
I dunno. Have you seen what bamboo fly rods are selling for? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fisherman_Wantabe
The cheap ones go for $1,000. :eek:
I'm with you, Boatstall. Love them cane poles. You can find them here, but they come from fishing stores and come apart in the middle. Wow, I remember those gutter clamps. I couldn't think of what to call them. I rmember they had a spring that wrapped around the poles so you could take them to the bar pit for fishing. What a great feeling as a kid when they took out the poles and strapped them to the car. I fish with poles, now, too. I love it.Quote:
Originally Posted by boatstall
You ain't gona believe this but I had to go into town this afternoon and got stuck in traffic behind a guy with his kids in a new Honda SUV and loe and behold he had about 25 fresh cut cane pole about 10 ft long all dressed up with line and floats and fresh mud on the end of every one strapped to the luggage rack. Figured they was just coming home from a long day of bream fish in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cartman
St Croix Premier 6' UL (1 piece) and would like to try the 7' UL, I bet it's just as great or better than 6'
I have caught more than 2000 bream,crackers and believe it or not crappie on a good ole green cane cut the day I went fishing with my granpaw.Have string and hooks will catch fish for supper.There is nothing like a green cane with a large bluegill or crappie pulling on it.
My understanding is the cellular structure of Tonkin cane is unique and provides great strength and resiliance wor it weight. It was the premier material for high end custom fly rods until various composite materials - graphite etc. became available. Ir was / is definitely not inexpensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fisherman_Wantabe
I thought there had to be something "special" about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Badgerloader
That (along with the cost of labor) would explain why a bamboo rod from a good builder is so expensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Badgerloader
I like a Browning Dick Swan 9 ft. noodle rod or 12 match rod...........Granite
BnM 12' Cadillac Combo. It's super light and with the built in reel you have plenty of line in case you have to cut the line a lot. Another plus, is that the line goes throught the center of the pole and the wind doesn't blow the line around as much as a pole with eyes. A great pole for wading for gills/shellcrackers.
HT Panfish Special 8 ft version is light but strong. I've caught big gills, 1 to 2 lb crappie, catfish and an occasional hybrid striper. I purchased 3 about 7 years ago from Grizzly Co at http://www.grizzlyjig.com/html/ht1.html...decent price. I also like the 12ft Silstar Vertex rod, a little pricey but those are my favorite all purpose bream rods.
wally marshall 10 ft. rods work for me
john b.
I use these for EVERYTHING...bream, single-poling for crappie, trolling jigs/minnows AND pulling small cranks. Love 'em. Thumbs UpQuote:
Originally Posted by queyit
I totally feel your pain. I fish with a cane pole, and I would like to find a telescoping pole that is not so limber. I have been reading about tankara poles, but they are very expensive. I have come to the conclusion that I should be looking for one with slow action, but I am not sure of that either. I will check out Db4D's link.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrtman
I think B n' M Black Widows have a great action, and they're cheap. I have two 10-footers (fiberglass), two 13-footers (also fiberglass), and two 12-footers (graphite.) They all have a light tip but excellent backbone. I don't like the super soft "floppy" ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cartman
If you're willing to spend a little more, get a carbon pole or a hera pole from All Fishing Buy. I have an 18' hera pole and would like to get a couple of the shorter ones, too. They also carry tenkara poles. Here's the link:
All fishing buy, Telescopic fishing rod, Telescopic fishing pole, Fly Fishing Rod made of Japan Carbon.
Bout to tear up on recollection of days gone by. cane is the ultra kid pole also if the kids get out of hand they might learn what us ol folks know a cane pole is used fer other than staking pole beans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yea I thought that might bring back a memory or two for some of the tough buts out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!