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I have always been under the assumption that a 1 piece rod would be better in regards to sensitivity and overall performance. My wife and son bought me a decent rod for fathers day that will be used for jigging and rigging. I am happy with the specifics of the rods other than the fact that it is a 2 piece rod. It was a gift from them so I am going to keep it. With everything else being equal, is a 2 piece rod as good as a 1 piece rod? Why or why not?

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I have both, 2 piece and 1 piece, I have caught just as many fish on my two piece rods as my one piece, using same tactics, jigging, casting, and rigging. No complaints here.

Posted

I used both for years. A couple years back I had a few two piece rods break at the joint. I have not bought another since.

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Todays 2 piece rods vs the 2 piece rods of even 5 years ago are night and day. The 2 piece rods of today are very good, in the older days you did loose a bit of sensitivity and you had a strange flat spot in the action of the rod. However, now days the loss in sensitivity is almost none.

Enjoy the new rod and dont think twice about it being 2 piece.

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I like the 2 piece just becuase its easier to transport. No bending needed to get it into the trunk.

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If your happy with the rod specifications, then that is all that matters.

I agree with Deitz. I don't think you'll loose much sensitivity.

If you look at it from a fly rod standpoint, a 4 piece rod is often times more expensive that a 1-2 piece rod and I’m certain they are nearly as sensitive.

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My only gripe is when you lose the little rubber piece that helps hold the rod pieces together gets lost without you realizing it. Makes for interesting casts.

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After a season of hard use and lots of breakdowns and put toghters the end of the rod sometimes flys out on the cast and its really annoying if it keeps happening. easy fix though take a piece of scotch tape and wrap it around the end and stick it back in......works liek a charm. All I could afford when i was younger. But now i buy the best i can afford........just blew 120 bucks on a rapala rod and shimano corvalus reel for muskie fishing wink.gif

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If your 2 piece rods are coming apart on you try this. Clean both the male and female parts very well and then put a coat of candle type wax on the male end and insert it into the female end and twist it a bit to ensure coverage. It will take up any slop and make it a nice fitting ferule again. Believe me it works.

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As other mentioned them I think they are much better today for 2 piece rods. I have had a couple that I really like that I just throw in my truck and don't have to worry about them getting busted up. It is nice to be able break them down some times.

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No reason in the world to worry or fuss about two piece or multi-piece rods in todays world. The old days are long over-no more poor rod design, no more metal ferrules or poorly designed glass ferrules. I've made a few thousand rods and sold thousands more by every maker you can name. One piece rods in todays world are simply a P.I.T.A.

Be sure to assemble them properly though. And sometimes they WILL stick together if you don't take 'em apart every now and then.

I find one piece rods annoying!!! HA!

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I always go with the one piece if the rod I want gives me a choice. Then I know I do not have to worry about it coming apart. I am not concerned about the sensitivity of a two piece versus a one piece rod.

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I always go with the one piece if the rod I want gives me a choice. Then I know I do not have to worry about it coming apart. I am not concerned about the sensitivity of a two piece versus a one piece rod.


That is what we are saying the in No loss of sensitivity in today two piece rods. As far as them coming appart. I have fished with two piece rods for better than 20 years and never had one come apart on me.

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The problem is with very high end rods you can't find them in 2 piece.

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Candle wax is good, bees wax is better.

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bingo...I think there may be a reason why they don't make 2 peice rods...Now I am not saying anything negative, but find it curious that G Loomis and St. Croix make very few if any two peice rods in their more expensive lineups.

Take care!

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It isn't just those to rod companies. I build rods for a hobby and have spent quite a bit of time looking for better quality 2 piece blanks for those that want them. They just ain't there. Fly rods are a different story altogether.

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It is EASIER and less costly for them to manufacture a one-piece blank in shorter lengths and so they do. More time consuming making sections match. One piece casting rods are generally more acceptable in the market place because many anglers still have misconceptions about multi-piece rods (read notes earlier in this thread). You can still make two piece casting rods my modifying a heavy two-piece spinning rod. Just takes time and experimentation. I used to make five different rods from the same basic blank!!

Have fun!

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The rod blank doesn't care if it is going to be a spinning or a casting rod. All it cares about is how much weight (lure weight) you are going to expect it to handle and how it should be dealt with (action). I just did a casting rod for a guy that was built on a supposed spinning rod blank. It was to the only St Croix rod blank I could find that had the length, action and lure weight range that he wanted.

Posted

I have both 1 and 2 piece rods. They all catch fish just the same.

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One of my favorite rods is a 2 piece. No less sensitive than my 1 piece rods. I do have some older 2 piece that I only use when I take kids out fishing. (BD110 wink.gif) These are older and dont have the "feel" that my new higher end rods do.

2 piece are the only way to go when hiking thru the woods or camping out like in the BWCA.

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I just got back from a trip to rainy lake and I was able to use the new 2 piece rod extensively. It worked very well. I caught as many walleyes as anyone else, and the rod felt sensitive enough for me. By the way the fishing was very good, the weather was perfect, the beer was cold, there were no bears on our island that we were aware of, and I didn't worry once about the 1 piece vs 2 piece thing, Excellent trip.

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