if you only had one rod.......

[rapman1]

to use for all panfish, which would you choose? myself, i lean towards a med- light or light action for wading purposes, in a 6-6.5 ft. length. chances are, it would be the lt.

[deathb4disco]

Very hard to pick just one, but I'd have to go with a 12' float rod. At first glance, most people would say it's far to stiff for bluegills, but I disagree completely. They are the MOST FUN rods for playing fish I have ever used.

If I could pick two, I'd go with a light fly rod for topwater fishing as my second choice.

[rapman1]

you make it hard, friend. i like a 5wt fly rod and an 8.5 lt. action steelhead rod too. maybe my question is too retrictive.

[1CrappieDay]

For vertical jigging, you couldn't pry my ultralight 5' Ugly Stick from my hands

[deathb4disco]

i like a 5wt fly rod and an 8.5 lt. action steelhead rod too.

Light steelhead rods make great crappie/bluegill rods. (I have one myself.) I think most people see "steelhead" and are scared off, believing the rod to be a pool cue. I'm sure some steelhead rods are pool cues, but the light ones are sweet.

Ditto on the 5wt.

[azslabber]

I also would have to say if just one rod,it would have to be my 5' Ugley Stik Ultralight also.It has caught way too many more fish, more then all the others put together.

[Locator79]

7' BPS microlight rod, ML action, matched with a nice, Shimano reel. I have more rods than I'll ever use, but this one seems to always end up in my hands.

[Illinoisgiller]

Currently available production rod would be Bass Pro Micro Lite series in 8 1/2'
I think this is is the Float&Fly section.. Illinoisgiller

[minnowsoaker]

If I was limited to just one it would be Uglystick Light Pro with the cork handle in ultra light action and a 7' length. All the rest would be cut saplings I guess.

[hays47]

I built a 6'-6" panfish special rod on a 2 weight Rainshadow fly rod blank. Sanded the cork handle to about 3/4 " diameter then used heat shrink wrap to mount an Okuma Avion 10 to it. Which is a micro-light reel.

I hold it like a pencil when jigging kinda like the Genz grip used for ice fishing. Its exteme light weight allows me to use it all day. I like to tease my fishing partners and say they must be feeding down there as I just felt a burp in my rod.

It is now my preferred rod for everything.