Sick o change pome (Page 2): Mike, that's about all I use. A few years back I was buying them off of eBay and rebuilding them, sold lot's of them and then got to busy with the boats...

Chuckay Loc: Central Florida

Tablerockbass wrote:

Wow, those are a step back in time. I cut my bass teeth on those Ambassadeur reels. Started with the red 5000, had to upgrade to the silver (5500 C?). Good reels. My fishin bud here uses one faithfully. Thanks for the picture!

Mike, that's about all I use. A few years back I was buying them off of eBay and rebuilding them, sold lot's of them and then got to busy with the boats and taking care of the cow's lots to do, and my wife love's fishing as much as I do, so had to slow down with the heat like it is now 🥵 hope you find some rods, I see Saw might be able to help with that. Thanks 🙏

Tablerockbass Loc: Table Rock Lake

Chuckay wrote:

Mike, that's about all I use. A few years back I was buying them off of eBay and rebuilding them, sold lot's of them and then got to busy with the boats and taking care of the cow's lots to do, and my wife love's fishing as much as I do, so had to slow down with the heat like it is now 🥵 hope you find some rods, I see Saw might be able to help with that. Thanks 🙏

Thanks friend. I'm no longer worried about rods!! 🙃

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Tablerockbass wrote:

Thanks friend. I'm no longer worried about rods!! 🙃

Well darn. I was hoping you would be able to use them. I don't know anybody that uses those rod anymore and they will probly end up at the goodwill or someplace like that.
I'm not movin them to Tahoe again.

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

All I know is I have three Berkley Lightnjng rods, 7 foot MH and I love them. One bait and 2 spin

Randyhartford Loc: Lawrence, Kansas

Tablerockbass wrote:

A realistic person I always have been,
And understand change has to happen.
But lately I feel like an angry old "men",
And stuff makes me wanna go slappin.

I don't hide the fact that old fashioned I am,
I like stuff I like to just stay.
Today I got bad news that made me say dam,
My favorite rod's going away.

The folks out at Berkley, I've loved em for years,
Decided the pistol grip goes.
The long handled rods are pains in my rears,
What I'll do now nobody knows.

I'm sure that the pros musta kiboshed that pole,
Since old guys like me just don't count.
But one pro could change it, with one story told,
Cause not much does my vote amount.

Summary-- I'm sure there's plenty of y'all on here who use the long, straight handled rods. I know everyone's impressed when guys on tv use both hands to throw a lure nearly out of sight. 🙄 Big whoop. Yes, I've tried one. With a pro a couple of years back. He said, "here, try this". Handed me an obviously expensive, high-end outfit. 7'. Sure, I could cast it, but hated how out of control I felt. I put it down, picked up my little 6' pistol grip rod and slung the same lure out as far as needed, hitting a target the size of a dinner plate. And you cannot snatch a 7' pole up with one hand and with the same hand, like yankin a 6-shooter out of its holster, make a one-handed cast to top-busting bass. Just too awkward. Then there's storage at home. Or walking out the door of the garage without herniating yourself to avoid an accident. And puttin em in ROD storage or the 6' bed of a pickup. Or walkin under the steel frame of the boat dock door without stressing uranus clean outa pocket. Nope, not for me. Oh, then there's small boat fishin. Like Water Scamp style. The whole BOAT is only 8' long. I'd have slung myself overboard trying to manage 7' poles in the Scamp.
I love to fish, family, we all have 💩 to deal with in our non-fisheratin lives, so I'm going on a quest to find a replacement for my 6', medium strength, Berkley Lightning Rod. I've looked around for years. Not much out there that isn't super cheap, too flimsy or too stiff. I have 2 Ugly Sticks that sit on the rack. Nice looking, just not that sweet action I've grown to love.
Wish me luck. And thanks for letting me whine.

A realistic person I always have been, br And unde... (show quote)

I agree with you, Mike. I also prefer the pistol grip rods.
I even have an old Ugly Stick, pistol grip I bought at a yard sale many years ago, that’s 5’ long! It appears to have been either broken or cut down from its original length, then put back together. It ain’t pretty, but works great for tight spaces or bank fishing thru trees. It catches fish just fine! 😁

Tablerockbass Loc: Table Rock Lake

Randyhartford wrote:

I agree with you, Mike. I also prefer the pistol grip rods.
I even have an old Ugly Stick, pistol grip I bought at a yard sale many years ago, that’s 5’ long! It appears to have been either broken or cut down from its original length, then put back together. It ain’t pretty, but works great for tight spaces or bank fishing thru trees. It catches fish just fine! 😁

I need to find a market for 4.5-5 foot rods. Yeah, I have some Lightning Rods on a rack that, for different reasons, lost the last foot of their beings! Each incident hurt my bass soul, made me mad at myself for being careless (further making my point about 7'+ rods) and now makes me wish there was a magic bandaid I could use to reattach the broken part. I'd have something there, eh?

Randyhartford Loc: Lawrence, Kansas

Tablerockbass wrote:

I need to find a market for 4.5-5 foot rods. Yeah, I have some Lightning Rods on a rack that, for different reasons, lost the last foot of their beings! Each incident hurt my bass soul, made me mad at myself for being careless (further making my point about 7'+ rods) and now makes me wish there was a magic bandaid I could use to reattach the broken part. I'd have something there, eh?

Yeah; I’ve got a few of those that are broken off, down to the second eye! 🙄

Papacon357 Loc: West Texas (Permian Basin)

Tablerockbass wrote:

We gotta love the power of fisheratin dudes helpin each other.

Check out all the garage sales around your neck of the woods. Somebody’s got some of ‘em.

nutz4fish Loc: Colchester, CT

Tablerockbass wrote:

A realistic person I always have been,
And understand change has to happen.
But lately I feel like an angry old "men",
And stuff makes me wanna go slappin.

I don't hide the fact that old fashioned I am,
I like stuff I like to just stay.
Today I got bad news that made me say dam,
My favorite rod's going away.

The folks out at Berkley, I've loved em for years,
Decided the pistol grip goes.
The long handled rods are pains in my rears,
What I'll do now nobody knows.

I'm sure that the pros musta kiboshed that pole,
Since old guys like me just don't count.
But one pro could change it, with one story told,
Cause not much does my vote amount.

Summary-- I'm sure there's plenty of y'all on here who use the long, straight handled rods. I know everyone's impressed when guys on tv use both hands to throw a lure nearly out of sight. 🙄 Big whoop. Yes, I've tried one. With a pro a couple of years back. He said, "here, try this". Handed me an obviously expensive, high-end outfit. 7'. Sure, I could cast it, but hated how out of control I felt. I put it down, picked up my little 6' pistol grip rod and slung the same lure out as far as needed, hitting a target the size of a dinner plate. And you cannot snatch a 7' pole up with one hand and with the same hand, like yankin a 6-shooter out of its holster, make a one-handed cast to top-busting bass. Just too awkward. Then there's storage at home. Or walking out the door of the garage without herniating yourself to avoid an accident. And puttin em in ROD storage or the 6' bed of a pickup. Or walkin under the steel frame of the boat dock door without stressing uranus clean outa pocket. Nope, not for me. Oh, then there's small boat fishin. Like Water Scamp style. The whole BOAT is only 8' long. I'd have slung myself overboard trying to manage 7' poles in the Scamp.
I love to fish, family, we all have 💩 to deal with in our non-fisheratin lives, so I'm going on a quest to find a replacement for my 6', medium strength, Berkley Lightning Rod. I've looked around for years. Not much out there that isn't super cheap, too flimsy or too stiff. I have 2 Ugly Sticks that sit on the rack. Nice looking, just not that sweet action I've grown to love.
Wish me luck. And thanks for letting me whine.

A realistic person I always have been, br And unde... (show quote)

TRB... You can also get the grips & other needed accessories @ Janns Netcraft for use to convert. I did one that wasn't that great an idea, cuz I did a rod with the long grip handle extension. and this resulted in a rod with too much weight on the front end. Balance is way off.
Did another conversion to a rod that had an old school cork straight grip that was all beat up, and that turned out fine. Guess that's OK, I'm batting .500

Tablerockbass Loc: Table Rock Lake

nutz4fish wrote:

TRB... You can also get the grips & other needed accessories @ Janns Netcraft for use to convert. I did one that wasn't that great an idea, cuz I did a rod with the long grip handle extension. and this resulted in a rod with too much weight on the front end. Balance is way off.
Did another conversion to a rod that had an old school cork straight grip that was all beat up, and that turned out fine. Guess that's OK, I'm batting .500

I'm tryin hard to not have to wrap my own dang rods. Too many other irons in the fire (I always heard retirement was easy). Fred put me on a site that has the rods, and at this point I'm getting a refund for rhe broken Berkley, then I'll add 💵, reluctantly, and get one there. Then, THENNNNN, I just gotta make my a$$ be more careful, pay better attention, slow the frick down and stop bustin rods, then I'll be ok.

nutz4fish Loc: Colchester, CT

Tablerockbass wrote:

I'm tryin hard to not have to wrap my own dang rods. Too many other irons in the fire (I always heard retirement was easy). Fred put me on a site that has the rods, and at this point I'm getting a refund for rhe broken Berkley, then I'll add 💵, reluctantly, and get one there. Then, THENNNNN, I just gotta make my a$$ be more careful, pay better attention, slow the frick down and stop bustin rods, then I'll be ok.

Bro, I was talking about an upgrade to straight grip rods you may already have. Getting the old handle off can be a PIA, but I just gotta have a pistol grip on a baitcaster. Got so used to using that, not willing to change , old dog, no new tricks. If ya get some time, it's worth checking out flea markets, tag sales, pawn shops, etc.

Tablerockbass Loc: Table Rock Lake

nutz4fish wrote:

Bro, I was talking about an upgrade to straight grip rods you may already have. Getting the old handle off can be a PIA, but I just gotta have a pistol grip on a baitcaster. Got so used to using that, not willing to change , old dog, no new tricks. If ya get some time, it's worth checking out flea markets, tag sales, pawn shops, etc.

Well sir, there ain't no straight grip rods on the property. What I do have is a nice selection of lightning rod pistol grips. Granted, it'll be one each pain in the tail getting the old rods out, but I'm determined enough that I might just do it. Otherwise, they're just gonna sit there on the rack reminding me that they're gone. I'll likely bite the bullet and buy 2 new ones while there are still a few to get, then thumb my nose at Berkley, realizing it's just another thing changed and gone. Kinda like common sense has done.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Tablerockbass wrote:

Well sir, there ain't no straight grip rods on the... (show quote)

I've still got 2 of them pistols if anybody has a use for them. I don't need/use them.

I mean the price is right, FREE. we'll just have to have them shipped which might be more than they're worth.