Thread: who makes the best bream fishing pole?

Take a look at the "sticky" thread called "Panfish Rods". It's just a couple of threads above this one and has seven pages of opinions.

Here you go:

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/panfi...fish-rods.html

I don't think anything has caught more panfish than a good ole piece of mother nature's cane.

Cheap fiberglass fly rod and underpin reel.go with 1 designed for 8 or 9 weight fly line.

You got me thinking what is my favorite bream pole. Well out of all the 2 dozen or so pan fish poles that I have I find myself grabbing a old Cane pole that I got from a neighbors cane patch when he thinned it out about 3 years ago. I will miss that old pole when it breaks or finally give out but the neighbor is getting ready to thin the patch again so will get a couple of more pole one of these days again.

Redman

Honestly, the 5 - 6' ultralight combos (usually Zebco) at wally world are the best bang for the buck. I used them until I narrowed down exactly what I wanted in a rod. Another consideration are the 8 thru 10' "Crappie Hunter" rods. Both have really "soft" tips so you can play with the little monsters a bit. When you get hard and heavy into the gill fishin (and who isn't) refer to the rod sticky for bigger and better ideas.

lews old fashion bream buster.still got 2.not made anymore. to make that pole sing is the highlight of my fishing.

Originally Posted by Redman

You got me thinking what is my favorite bream pole. Well out of all the 2 dozen or so pan fish poles that I have I find myself grabbing a old Cane pole that I got from a neighbors cane patch when he thinned it out about 3 years ago. I will miss that old pole when it breaks or finally give out but the neighbor is getting ready to thin the patch again so will get a couple of more pole one of these days again.

Redman

Man I'm glad to hear that I am not the only one still using cane. Just hung 4 newly cut ones to dry. Love the feel of cane. Proper butt strength, good transition in the middle, and the softest, fastest tip available. Older I get, the more I seem to be returning to my roots, and in the late 50's and early 60's, cane was king for bream. I still have the set of gutter clamp brackets, that we used to carry them on the car. Memory lane...

Originally Posted by boatstall

Man I'm glad to hear that I am not the only one still using cane. Just hung 4 newly cut ones to dry. Love the feel of cane. Proper butt strength, good transition in the middle, and the softest, fastest tip available. Older I get, the more I seem to be returning to my roots, and in the late 50's and early 60's, cane was king for bream. I still have the set of gutter clamp brackets, that we used to carry them on the car. Memory lane...

or roll down the back window on the car and stick'em through the window into the car. it was nothing to see cars back in the 40's and 50's with cane poles sticking out the back window of cars. i've got lots of can growing here on the farm down on the river. i should go down and cut some to dry like "boat" above did.