I have 38, and one of those is the wifes, no childrens rods. I have rods for Minnesota, here, out on the coast for 'but and ling, plus the San Diego/'Frisco rods for striper and Sturg, back in the Navy Days. She never comments on the number of rods, but she has asked about how many shotguns any one guy needs :rolleyes:

32...........
6 salmon/steelhead baitcasters
12 salmon steelhead spinning
4 bottom fishing rods /reels
6 trout set-ups.mostly spinning
4 fly rods....2 5/6 wt.....2 7/8 wt
and yes my wife has a cow over every one of them

32...........
6 salmon/steelhead baitcasters
12 salmon steelhead spinning
4 bottom fishing rods /reels
6 trout set-ups.mostly spinning
4 fly rods....2 5/6 wt.....2 7/8 wt
and yes my wife has a cow over every one of them

26 accounted for:

3 10.5' Loomis SAR1265C's
4 8.5' Lamiglas Kenai kings
1 8.5' South Bend Trophy Tamer
1 8.5' Berkeley IM-7 MeatStick
4 8.5' Assorted Fiberglass Salmon trolling rods

1 8.5' Lamiglas Medium steelhead rod
1 8.5' Fenwick HMG light steelhead rod, home-built
1 10' Lamilglas spin/float rod
1 10' WW Grigg spin/float rod
4 7' Assorted kid's graphite spin rods

1 15' Scott ARC 10wt Spey rod
1 10' Sage XP 9wt travel rod
1 9.5' Sage RPL+ 7wt travel rod
1 8.5' Daiwa 4wt travel rod
1 8.5' Fenwick 8wt fiberglass, my first flyrod '78

In reality none of the glass rods get any meaningful use these days, and the kids rods shouldn't really count should they.

Net: 17 that see regular use.

Doc

You're about 12 spey rods short

And you don't have to count the others! :p

fNp: Nice logo.

two to many..somebody please buy those St Croix trout rods...and get a free Curado when you do...

Tally from memory is 20.....

heck..maybe I should be buying NOT selling...

JD

Man, I'm embarassed to even post this. Looks like I'm the loner here with the least:

Fly Rods:
GLX 10' 8wt 4pc
Sage XP 9' 6" 8wt 4pc
CND Steelhead Specialist 14'4" Spey
St Croix Legend Elite 9' 5wt 4pc
St Croix Avid 8'6" 4wt 4pc
WW Griggs 8'6" 6wt 4pc

Spinner:
WW Griggs 9' med/lite 2pc w/Epixor 30

Rods in Use;

1 10'6" med/light Shimano convergence w/curado
1 10'6" med/heavy Shimano Canadian Custom w/Bantam 1000
1 10' Medium Shimano Convergence Spinning w/Spriex
1 10' Trophy XL spininng w/Diawa reel (loaner)
1 TFO 3113 (11'3") Center Pin rod w/Milner Center Pin reel
1 10' Trophy XL light action Pin rod w/Winter Run Center Pin

Unused;

1 7' Fenwick trout rod w/shimanl reel
1 5.5' Fenwick ultra light w/ultra light fenwick reel
1 9' Browning 6/7 weight flyrod w/some kind of cheapo reel.

Sorry for dragging the average down

I have 33 total:
That includes the halibut / Salmon / steelhead rods with just two trout rod's that haven't seen water in nine years.
Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

P.S. my buddies give me $hit all the time about how many rods I pack in the boat.Heck I just bought a GL3 8-15 just for diver bait so I would have to take my tadpolly off my plug rod.
No I don't have to switch.It's out of controll at times but it's fun.Better then spending the money on crack.

28, which is still less than the number of purses my wife owns. And don't even get me started on shoes! :rolleyes:

Hey Bob is that that a white high tech tater gun in the background?

Sol,

I quit counting at 30, and that was nearly 20 years ago. So, no, you don't have too many. And like Mooch said, you're definitely a bit light on fly rods.

Ask your wife how many pairs of shoes or purses is the right number for a woman, if you're actually going to try to reason with her. You can always remind her that fishing is not a life or death matter. It's much more important than that. She doesn't need to understand, just accept.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.

Sol,

It's not so much that she doesn't let me buy them (or even give me a hard time). But she asks me why do I need so many fishing rods and I ask her why does she need so many shoes and purses? Trying to reason with a spouse is an effort in futility... Actually, I'm pretty lucky, my wife takes darn good care of me.

Leave it to the single guy to screw up these numbers for everybody else.

I have:

6 freshwater rods
2 saltwater rods &
4 flyrods for a grand total of....

12.

I did the jujitsu flycastin' thing for steelies for ten years. Burned my self out on it---trust me. I just love to catch fish anymore. Method is unimportant to me. Besides, I'm lookin for a 40 pounder I want a chance in hell of doing it.

I sold 6 to 8 flyrods about 5 years ago. Kept the 4-wt for trout, though.

I would have to say around 20 but these are the ones that do the most damage (except for the ones in transit for repairs)LOL.



Rods in pic
11'6 rainshadow coupled with a cardinal 44

Sage GII 13'6 with an isalander steelheader

Raven IM9 15' with a Hanson float reel

Rainshadow 13' with the Apex float reel

2 Rainshadow 13' with shimano 3500 series baitrunners

I am down to about 40 now. I have about 10 blanks waiting to be built though

Sol,
I've got more than you. Tell the Mrs. to chill out and buy some shoes worth $415.00. After that offer her the maintenance program!

Your picture of your rod is about how many I keep in the boat!!!
I have about 90 total and keep them moving so that my wife can never get a good inventory.
Never keep the reels with the rods, it helps her identify combos.
I even have rods with her name on them just so that I could buy another one under a different reason. She almost bought it.