one piece rods vs. two piece rods

[jamie]

just wondering what if any difference you thought there was fishing with one piece blanks compared to two piece blanks

[cisco]

I own more than my wife thinks I should of both. I certainly cannot claim one to be more effective than another, but mine are not the most sensitive hands among the angler ranks.

What I can say is that I've never thrown the top half of a one piece rod into the lake on a hard cast.

Good luck and good fishing.

[Frank from TBay]

I fish with both one and two piece. I use a lot of Fenwick rods and find them excellant. I prefer the one piece over the two when I am at the cottage. The problems with taking a one piece to the small lakes we go to are many. I use a two piece on those lakes. I find the one piece to have a better "feel" than the two piece. However they are both excellant. I also use a daiwa one piece which I find excellant as well. Our Rods run in the $125 Can range. I would not be comfortable bringing some of the rods I have read about here out due to price. I always catch fish and see no reason to move "up"
Frank.

[River_eye]

It doesn't make that much of a difference, although with the two piece rods, you sacrafice some sensitivity, strength, and a consistent taper for the convenience of being able to pack it easier.

A lot of the time, two piecers will break right where the two parts come together.

I prefer one piece myself.

River eye

[cmb]

half of my 2 piece rods have been converted to shorter one piece rods, with the aid of superglue. I have never broken a 1 piece. I prefer 1 piece rods for this reason and the occasional top half of the rod cast as mentionad above.

[Homer]

I weighed this same decision two months ago, and the previous responses pretty well laid out the pros and cons. I think the answer boils down to how you transport your rod to and from the fishing grounds. In my case, the ability to break the rod in two pieces will decrease the odds that I accidentally convert a one-piece rod to a two-piece rod. If tranportability wouldn't have been an issue (and it might not be for you), I would have gone with the one piece.

[AquaMan]

The 1 pc is the best of both for over strenth, sensitivity and durability. However, the 2 pc serves a purpose. They transport easier and todays rods are much better then years ago. Even so, if you break the rods down a lot, over time, the female end of the 2 pc rod will loose its tight grip or, like mine, will begin to crack because they get loose and I tend to force the end in tighter. Therefore, these rods will wear out eventually. That is the nature of the beast.

To overcome the one pc transportation issue, I found that a 3" PVC tube makes a good case for 1 pc rods. Glue a cap on one end and use a bungie to hold the cap on the other end but remain removalbe. (Some hardware stores have threaded ends and caps. I made mine before I knew these were available.) Strap the PVC to your roof so the removable cap is possitioned toward the rear of the vehicle and your set. I remove the reels and then I have nylon sleeves that the rods slip into before putting them in the PVC. When I get to where I am going, I slip out the rod, attach the reel and I'm ready. It takes no more time to do that then to put the 2 pc rods together.

Regards.


AquaMan~~~~~~~~~~~~~

--- "It all begins and ends at the water's edge"

[ufda]

I think that is fine, but I travel a lot on commercial airlines and use rental cars and try to fish every opportunity I get. Two piece rods are a necessity. What I don't understand is that you can find many 7' spinning rods that come in two pieces and darned near no 7' casting rods. Why? It can't be sensitivity. I need much more sensitivity with many uses for spinning and darned few for casting plugs.
I don't understand.
ufda

[Nick(Ia)]

I have a two-piece St Croix Premier series 6'6" casting rod(PC66MF2). I use this rod as a travel rod for fly-ins, boat-ins, compact-car ins etc. They also make a 7' heavy power 2 piece in the Premier line. I think the separation of of the tip and butt sections with the casting motion is the reason we don't see more 2 piece units. Alot of folks really load up the casting rods when throwing overhand...

[Goldpig]

"What I can say is that I've never thrown the top half of a one piece rod into the lake on a hard cast."

I have done that with a GLX Loomis. Boy was I unhappy. Luckily Loomis made it a two piece for me for the cost of shipping. Whew! I do think that I lost a little sensitivity with it now.