Mine would have to be a custom Len Butterworth "Black Queen" in solid glass. I t was a Christmas present when I was eleven,forty years on I still use it on the odd occasion .Great rod ,caught lots of different species and unfortunately ,like its owner starting to signs of wear and tear.
Mine a bit of unknown it is an old Daiwa Eliminator Boat Model EL-701MLRS 12-30lbs it does look much but matched to a BG60 it has caught everything from bream - 30lbs jew and gold spots and the odd nanni and red with out a doubt the best rod in my boat ............ unfortunately it's HERS and i rarely get to use it. I'd but I would buy another in a heart beat if I could find one.
BigE
Last year I bought a 5' 6" 2-pce 'Barra Mauler' 5-8kg Shimano Raider Rod (designed by Ian Miller) to take with me - as a spare - to Lake Murray PNG.
It ended up becoming my favourite rod there. We had a darn lot of water around us and not too many fish & there was vast amounts of casting done.
When matched to my Curado DS-V 300, with 20kg Jigman x8 the rod absolutely cast a mile and with ease. There were six blokes in our group, each with their trusty favourites and this set-up outcast them all both in distance & accuracy.
It especially cast poppers very well. We used poppers when chasing saratoga in the late afternoons. Over the week I did manage to haul in a few black bass with it too and it managed well.
I bought it at Fishhead Tckle as an afterthought. It was the only 2-pce rod there in that category and when put together it had a very solid feel. I tried to walk away from it a few times but the voice in my head kept telling me to go back.
I haven't had the chance to properly use rod again since Lake Murray (apart from a few flicks around Biggera Creek) but it was a favourite on that png trip.
"...a voice in my head keeps telling me to go fishing..."
i love my butterworth fish hunter medium action surf rod.got it at a fishing expo for $35.00 years ago still in great condition and plenty o fish to credit its my fave nothing fancy but will put up to 6oz out no prob & has a heavy but section for anything big & fast taper on the tip section. ive always used it with my abu 7000 but im sure it can handle smaller reels and eggbeaters and alvies
Mine would be an Egrell S4 which I bought second hand. The only rod I have that you can catch whiting on, and then take offshore and throw plastics for snapper. It feels great to use and I have 100% confidence in it when I am using it. I have a Bear S2 the same as Lost Near Bribie which would be a fairly close second for its all round versatility.
I have a black tiger Ugly Stick, 8 to 22 kg 6 foot stick that I have just used, and used, and used, coupled up with a TLD 20 with upgraded drag, and 80 lb braid.
It is very soft in the tip (too soft really) and it has recently been christened the 'noodle' rod.
I keep threatening to replace it when it breaks, but I think it is going to have to be accidentally caught in a car door before that happens.
Has caught everything from small reefies up to big cobes and kingies and amberjack and a jewie
lots of good memories with that rod
cheers
Mick
bloody noodle rod....!!!!
I should probably mention my Jarvis Walker Redbone 8ft 2-4kg rod... It's a cheap piece of crap, it deserves the name "noodle rod" more than most others, it's horribly unresponsive to use but at the same time has problably caught me more fish in its life than any other that I've ever owned. A 58cm cod was probably its PB.
No, it's not my favourite, but the stupid old bastard deserved a mention.
PMSL Matt. I can relate to that.
My favourite rods in years gone by were a custom built FMT 72L white blank...which was rated to 3kg....but i fished 2kg test on it and caught everything from flathead bream and whiting in the estuaries, to mack tuna, stripys and small kingies offshore. The other was a Len Butterworth Ebbtide....a 2 piece 12' light beach rod that I was given for my 12th birthday.....lost count of the number of fish I have caught on that rod...from aussie salmon and tailor off the beach, to jewies, big flathead, even a 15kg eagle ray in the big river systems in northen NSW. (has been rebuilt three times..but the blank is STILL going strong....and I am 51yo.)
My current faves are a 8kg Shortstroker, built on a sabre 55L blank, trimmed to my specs, and built by Campbelltown Fishing Scene. I use this for trolling for Marlin off Moreton, and also for reef fishing the close reefs. Using the Wilson Shoreline 10'6 for light beach fishing and shore based estuary fishing.
Im a tackle junky....so I could list a number of favourite rods....each for their own reasons and applications.....most of them are in the medium/lower end of the price spectrum.....but then I am a basic angler.
I knew you would bite mate. That rod cost me $120, 7 years agoOriginally Posted by vertico
Most of my PB's were on that rod, and you put me onto quite a few of my PB fish in your boat..............
cheers
My favourite rod is my Egrell S2, although i like my Egrell S10-H just as much
Both these rods have pulled up decent size fish with ease
cheers tim
Boyhood favourite rods seem to go hand in hand with Len Butterworth rods. I had/have a Tara Deluxe 9' , perfect for unweighted pillies.
Latest favourite is a Tcurve Lucanus pe2-3 on which I run 30lb Fins on a 4500j Capricorn(Catalina or Saltist when it dies). This thing will throw a 3/8 plastic a good distance and will jig 200gms and fish 30lb to the max.
one of my older rods has JS9 on it .It is about a 15kg rod. it`s about 6ft long and is yellow blank.
i think it is a butterworth. nice working curve right through.
I lived on the NSW Central Coast (at Norah Head & Budgewoi ocean side) from 1993 to 1998.
During that time I did mega-loads of beach fishing targeting tailor; aussie salmon; jew and whatever else was biting.
I tried a few surf rods but my favourite was a Wilson INAZUMA 12' graphite.
I don't own the rod anymore but I wish I'd kept it as I've never seen them available again since then.
The rod was a brown colour with a sand spike. It was just so light and easy to cast but it had plenty of muscle. The balance was good and the overall feel of it was just right. I matched it to a Penn Spinfisher 6500 & 17lb mono.
Has anyone out there ever heard of the Inazuma rods??
"...a voice in my head keeps telling me to go fishing..."
Have a Fenwick LB1206 which I made about 20 years ago. Still take it out occasionally & it's still an awesome rod for high speed spinning off the stones. Use it with a Shimano Speedmaster & can throw metal 100m+ all day with it. Caught heaps of tuna, bonito, kings, salmon etc in its time.
Got some hight tech Loomis, Egrell, etc now but still have a soft spot fot the old glass stick.
Les
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