Show us ya pink Rod!

[Feral]

Well if someone can have a thread titled "Pink grubbin" I thought I'd get in on the act.

But we started talking pink rods in another thread, so instead of hijacking it further I thought I;d post these here.

Smaller rod is a Durango, which is a shakespeare rod (and reel combo, not a shimano as I said in the other thread)they do these and the ugly stiks in pink. This one cost me around $20 from memory, 2-4kilo 6 foot based on the 602 blank. The Ugly stick version is around $70 from memory, rod only.

The second is an Ebay cheapie I picked up because I was already buying a few bits from this mob, and postage for anything else was going to be free, so I picked it up for 99c! I already had one of these and they are a great cheap rod for kids, great action (cast them all day, which is pretty good for that size rod)and being glass, tough as old boots for the kids to handle.

And the pair of them together

If your "girl" is any older than about 11 or 12 and shows a keen interest in fishing, then a pink Ugly Stik is a good investment, if they are younger / not so keen go with the cheap Durango, its still very good value for money, and works weell, but not going to last forever!

[Plastic Man]

In the higher end scale shimano has a lipstick range which is a fairly good range of rods all done in pink if you like that sort of thing

[Fisher_90]

Well i dont have a pink rod, but feral wats the cable ties on the reel for on the durango combo?

[Rocket75]

retailers use the ties to keep reels on the rods that they are sold with as combos...some people try to switch them over or steal them! we use stainless steel ones on the big $ ones.

Rocket

[brisbane_boy]

hey feral. I got well actully had one of those shakespear rods but in a manly Bule colour . but i lost it the other day wen kayaking :blush: . lol opps

was a pretty nice little rod for $20 caught some nice bream and whiting on it and cat fish :dry:

CHeers

Duncan

[Dimo]

Here is my Daughter using her Pink Rod I got from Amart Under $20 Went looking at rods and she said daddy I want a new rod she wants the shimano lipstick now.

[Feral]

Rocket75 wrote:

retailers use the ties to keep reels on the rods that they are sold with as combos...some people try to switch them over or steal them! we use stainless steel ones on the big $ ones.

Rocket

Also stops 6 yo's dropping the reel over the side! I left them on, much to her disgust!. Nice thing about th eDurango is the baitcaster style reel seat, easy on little hands, no threads to rub.

[Troy_79]

nice rod, maybe you should donate 5 bucks for every fish you catch with that rod to breast cancer research:P

[Feral]

Troy_79 wrote:

maybe you should donate 5 bucks for every fish you catch with that rod to breast cancer research:P

Look I volunteered to be a tester, but they knocked me back! said the drool was to hard to clean up!

[Rocket75]

Feral wrote:

Troy_79 wrote:

maybe you should donate 5 bucks for every fish you catch with that rod to breast cancer research:P

Look I volunteered to be a tester, but they knocked me back! said the drool was to hard to clean up!

Funny Feral!

[kronky13]

very funny feral.

my better half comes fishing with me alot so i bought her a little shimano combo 6'6 nothing special, it was great she loved it cause it was hers and not mine, then one day made the mistake of taking her to bcf, (i have an ugly stick i use a fair bit) she saw the pink one. oh my god the carry on all of a sudden the shimano was not good enough. she she got what she wanted got her ugly stick in bright pink. if the girl likes fishing y not. we buy the rods we like so its fair they get to as well. thats my 2 cents worth

[fishyman]

im about to build up a pink blank for a friend that comes fishign with us a fair bit.

she insisted on a pink rod which is taking quite alot of effort to aquire

[pcsolutionman]

Browning make a top of the line IM8 rod in bright pink, its like $249. comes with its own hard case and all

Lee

[Feral]

Might be worth Rocket or Lozzel buying, with wives who seriously fish!

Might be worth buying if you want plenty of elbow room on a charter as well!

[chubbstar]

Feral wrote:

Troy_79 wrote:

maybe you should donate 5 bucks for every fish you catch with that rod to breast cancer research:P

Look I volunteered to be a tester, but they knocked me back! said the drool was to hard to clean up!

:ohmy: Damn Pink rods and Breasts starting to sound like a XXX movie:blink:

[faulked]

so let me get this straight if you put a pink wriggler on the end of your pink rod and catch something fishy you can then help out some breasts . where do i sign up it sounds good :laugh:

[Cowfish13]

Rocket75 wrote:

retailers use the ties to keep reels on the rods that they are sold with as combos...some people try to switch them over or steal them! we use stainless steel ones on the big $ ones.

Rocket

I hate the stainless rings on the Amart combo's. They're impossible to get off.

Is there a secret to getting them off or are boltcutters the only way?

This is of course for after you've bought it:silly:

[Rocket75]

Cowfish: A good pair of side cutters or tin snips will do the job on that stainless strap we use. Somehow the bastardo theiving beasts still find a way, even with the straps!

Rocket

[Lozzel]

Feral wrote:

Might be worth Rocket or Lozzel buying, with wives who seriously fish!

This is Glendas rod. Shakespeare Ugly stick "PINK" 6'6 3-6kg 2piece,so we can take it to NZ with us. Matched with a Shimano "Sedona" 4000 FB. 10lb Mojiko Braid. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSCN0813.JPG

[Do$tylz]

ZooT wrote:

Here is my Daughter using her Pink Rod I got from Amart Under $20 Went looking at rods and she said daddy I want a new rod she wants the shimano lipstick now.

Yep.. thats the one i got my g/f. Figured since it was a trial thing to see if she would actually enjoy fishing if she had her own rod, it wasn't worth spending any decent amount of money on a good rod.