wrasseman Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hi all, I bought one of those little penrods (3ft telesopic that folds up to a pen) you see on ebay a couple of weeks ago for a bit of a novelty and of course I had to give it a whirl. Spooled it up with some light mono and hit the river with a 2g spoon hoping for a little reddie or three. Initially I was pleasantly surprised by how well it casts and it wasn't long before a fish came along to test it out. On about my third cast a lovely 50cm brownie grabbed my lure and proceeded to demonstrate the many lumps in the drag and just how little power the rod has in reserve but jeez it was fun and I somehow still landed it. Unfortunately I didn't have the camera with me though so I've had to go out a few more times to try and get some piccys. Of course I haven't managed any more decent fish (the next good one came off due to an excessively light drag I was using to combat the stickiness) but even the littlies are fun on the micro outfit and 2&3g lures and I've now fixed the drag by honing the metal washers and replacing the fibre ones with oil soaked leather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsRule Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Thats awsome!!!!! Is there anything you can't get of ebay? Nice pics aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBLiME Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 haha yer I saw this pen/rod the other day on ebay too hahahahahah nice work man.. a real surprise on what u actually landed on that thing though! lol nice... shant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 That's awesome, Col! I've been toying with the idea of getting one of those penrods for a while... That's hilarious! Well done - takes some angling skill to get them in on such light gear! Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrasseman Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share Posted April 10, 2007 (edited) That's awesome, Col! I've been toying with the idea of getting one of those penrods for a while... That's hilarious! Well done - takes some angling skill to get them in on such light gear! Flattieman. Do it, well worthwhile I reckon. Great fun even on the littlies, I certainly can't can't complain after a total outlay including postage of less than $20 and the drag upgrade took about 5min and cost nothing. I'm not convinced about the baitcasters and flyreels though. I don't think either would be castable as the tiny spool on the baitcaster would need to spin extremely fast and I doubt the rod could cast a fly, I know I couldn't flycast with it. Col. Edited April 10, 2007 by wrasseman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew399 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Whos up for catching a kingy on one of those pen rods?!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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