Originally Posted by
Hammmerhead
I have a lot of long rods for scoping from 15' to 18' in all the big brands, gotta use them around here in the shallow lakes. I always used a 14' BnM PST and a BnM BGJP 16' from my spider rig days before all the companies started building dedicated scope rods.
Huckabee, BnM, HH, Jenko, fished and still own them all.
Handle placement, stiffness, balance and price are really the main factors. Most of the dedicated scope rods are going to be fairly stiff. An 18' is not doable for me in windy conditions, so I rarely even grab it. The Jenko X-15 is very hard to beat. Its very light, well balanced with its brass weighting system and it fishes like a 16' with its short handle length and placement. The Jenko is also a two piece rod which is a rarity for a rod that long.
If I had to take just two rods on deck every trip, it would be a 16' K-rod and the X-15 easily.