Rods and their colors 2024
Mobasser reply :
I used to fish some club tournaments years ago with an older friend, Frank. Frank was a plastic worm fisherman, and very good too. He taught me a lot about fishing. At one point, he ordered a custom rod from a builder in Texas. Since Frank helped coach the local high school team who's colors were black and gold, he had this rod built with a black blank, and gold thread wraps. I was an awesome looking rod. Does rod color matter to you? I've noticed a trend over the last several years of rods in lime green, white, orange, and shades of blue. Even though all will catch fish, I still like traditional looking rods, with understated graphics. And if given a choice, I'll go with a nice cork handle when possible. If you were to have a rod made, what would you pick for blank color, guide wrap color etc? I'd go with black blank, dark red wraps and the best cork I could get. Maybe it doesn't matter to you, any color would work.Any thoughts, or does it matter?
MickD reply :
While looks are important to me, more important is that the rod be what I want it to be. I'm not big for the flash, either, preferring a more traditional, classy, look. For beauty, it's hard to beat the Quickline blank series from Pac Bay, a smooth, glossy black finish. It will go with any wrap colors. Black wraps with fine gold or silver metallic trim is really classy.
After that the charcoals (natural graphite) are very nice, again very versatile for wrap colors. In gloss with no paint the beautiful color of the graphite weave is seen and is very attractive to me.
I do prefer glossy blanks, but glossy does mean that an extra coat of finish is required to get that gloss, and while the weight of it is minimal, if you want the most sensitive rod, then matte finish with the lightest guides that will do the job is the way to go.
White is very popular now, but has the disadvantage of showing any discoloration of epoxy due to sun exposure. Like at the end of wraps or decal areas where the blank shows through the design. Or over signatures.
To see some very capable blanks in all kinds of colors check out Rodgeeks.com.
CroakHunter reply :
I have a few glossy, matte, and white blanks. The white looks nice until the middle of the first season, then like mentioned above you start to show yellowing. I also love cork handles. Also am fond of Winn grips.
Spankey reply :
I’ve recently got an Abu Revo Winch for the holiday. It is white. If I were to get a Custom built rod for it (highly unlikely) I think I’d go way out on a limb and get a red white and blue rod made up.
I fish with some nice rods but none are custom per my specs. Mix of colors. Majority are cork. EVA foam is not an issue to me.
It will be a bit of a winter project to get the right rod for the Winch. I have two in mind but I have to touch them. I can’t buy a rod sight unseen.
Brad Reid reply :
I have a very strong preference for black rods. White rods remind me of Pat Boone's shoes. Colored rods look toyish to me, or like kid rods.
I traded for a really nice St. Croix Inshore rod and its color was sort of aqua-green I guess. As much as I loved the rod, I disliked the color. The same angler I had bought it from called me one day, asked if I would trade it back to him. Jeff took (takes) excellent care of his gear, said he'd trade me a G-Rod graphene trout rod, I think that was the exchange, and I took him up on it.
If given a choice, I'd always choose black. Did so recently with two Reign rods from St. Croix where I could have chosen either black or gray. Yep! Black again.
Cheers! Brad
A-Jay reply :
Never really did like 'Carrot Sticks' orange blanks and white wands don't do it for me either.
The Yellow numbers offer by Skeet Reese by & large, make me a little nauseas.
That said, I'm currently fishing St Croix's, some blue & some black, plus some Red & some dark brown Quantum's, a few dark green Fenwicks, and silver Diawa's. There's some older rods mixed in as well sporting various versions of a matted or gloss black.
So for me, I guess it matters -
What I may never get used to is the colored reels I've been seeing - Neon Green - Really ?
A-Jay
Way north bass guy reply :
Most of my rods are some sort of black or dark coloured, I have a couple white rods though and like em just fine. For me, I don’t care, the best colour rod is bent!
FishTank reply :
I have always fished dark colored rods, either black or gray. The only color that is a definite "No" is white. It was considered bad luck growing up to have a white rod on the water. A lot of the old school fisherman I grew up with were superstitious and a white rod, to them, could change good day into a bad day.
LonnieP reply :
I like black or dark gray blanks, although I do like the looks of the purple of my Mojo Bass. I would never buy a white,silver or yellow rod.
KDW96 reply :
All of mine are black or grey. I dont need the attention.
Hook2Jaw reply :
I prefer blacks rods with chrome, white, or gold accents. I like plain jane colors.
If my Daiwa Fuego casters weren't such an amazing deal I would have never bought them because they have that tacky red "FUEGO" on the top of them. It matches nothing. I don't like it.
I prefer my entire life to look like a black and white TV.
MickD reply :
On 1/6/2019 at 9:40 PM, CroakHunter said:he white looks nice until the middle of the first season, then like mentioned above you start to show yellowing.
The yellowing usually takes a lot longer to develop than what you mention, based on my experience. I'll bet the white rod you mention was a cheap rod? Maybe the manufacturer used inferior epoxy. Some of the products available to custom builders are pretty good for quite a while. But I wouldn't leave any rods, especially white, exposed to sun any more than that required to fish them.
Dens228 reply :
Most of my rods are about the same color. I wish they were a different color because when I'm in the kayak throughout the day and am reaching behind me to grab a different rod they get placed in different holders than I started at. It would be easier for me if I knew to grab the white one, or the green one, or the black one............other than that I don't care......
junyer357 reply :
I prefer the more traditional graphite color with cork, but i do own some blue ethos rods from acadamy, and a grey enigma. Overall the performance matrers most to me still, so if anyone bought me some pink lady avids, i would fish them.
I do fish witha former bama player who wont allow any orange in his boat, period. No carrot stix back when they were the hottest thing, said they were good rods but no orange. He even made me remove my orange rod glove before he let me put my rods in his boat.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I prefer plain black, but very few of my rods are plain black so I guess color matters little to me. I have a lot of light blue, some orange, some dark red, dark blue, along with the black. They'd all have EVA foam if it was my choice but it's not so a lot of them have cork.
drew4779 reply :
I go with function over form. Sure there are colors (black) I prefer over others, but my gear doesn't have to match if it performs. My favorite rod I own is white. I wish it were black but it feels better in my hand than the others.
YaknBassn reply :
I like my gear to match up in color. Most of my rods are matte black with red trim (Ark Invoker & Shimano Zodias). My reels match.
I struggle in finding reels to match with these new Dobyns Fury and Colt rods I've got. I refuse to buy those gaudy Lews reels.
MN Fisher reply :
While I don't care one whit whether the rods are the same color, they just happen to have ended up that way.
All are black in the main, but the old Berkley Enforcer for my Cardinal has some red and blue decorative piping near the reel seat and the Ambassadeur rod for my Ambassadeur reel has some red near the reel seat.
We'll see if the Aird-X I ordered is the same when it comes in - hopefully tomorrow.
As long as the rod functions, I really don't care what color it is...except hot pink...I wouldn't use a rod that color.
Scott F reply :
Several years ago, when Quantum Energy spinning reels had that titanium/ rainbow finish, I had a custom rod made that had the guides, reel seat and thread wrap that matched the reel body. the rod was still black.
Mobasser reply :
On 1/6/2019 at 10:23 PM, A-Jay said:Never really did like 'Carrot Sticks' orange blanks and white wands don't do it for me either.
The Yellow numbers offer by Skeet Reese by & large, make me a little nauseas.
That said, I'm currently fishing St Croix's, some blue & some black, plus some Red & some dark brown Quantum's, a few dark green Fenwicks, and silver Diawa's. There's some older rods mixed in as well sporting various versions of a matted or gloss black.
So for me, I guess it matters -
What I may never get used to is the colored reels I've been seeing - Neon Green - Really ?
A-Jay
Agree! I don't need a "bling" reel either.
Dens228 reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 2:39 AM, Mobasser said:Agree! I don't need a "bling" reel either.
I glue little rhinestone's on all my reels........lol
Mobasser reply :
I work with a guy who says it doesn't matter what color his rods are. Green, orange, yellow, red- to him all are fine. Funny thing is all his rods are charcoal grey
NorthernBasser reply :
I prefer black rods I guess. Most of mine are black, minus a Croix Mojo, a Fenwick Elite Tech and a Cabela's Tourney ZX (which is black and white).
Those bright green rods by that company we can't talk about is one of the most hideous-looking things I've ever seen.
CroakHunter reply :
On 1/6/2019 at 11:28 PM, MickD said:The yellowing usually takes a lot longer to develop than what you mention, based on my experience. I'll bet the white rod you mention was a cheap rod? Maybe the manufacturer used inferior epoxy. Some of the products available to custom builders are pretty good for quite a while. But I wouldn't leave any rods, especially white, exposed to sun any more than that required to fish them.
Not cheap by my book. $100.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 2:41 AM, Dens228 said:I glue little rhinestone's on all my reels........lol
Way to Go ~ Cowboy !
A-Jay
Dens228 reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 4:14 AM, A-Jay said:Way to Go ~ Cowboy !
A-Jay
A lot of the youngsters on here probably won't get your reference!
BaitFinesse reply :
Yes
Bankbeater reply :
I don't worry about the rod color unless it's something really, really different. I'm more worried about whether or not the rod feels balanced while I'm using it.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 4:22 AM, Dens228 said:A lot of the youngsters on here probably won't get your reference!
I know ~
We can still enjoy it though .. . .
A-Jay
PaFrogThrower9 reply :
Y'all and your rod color theories and superstitions crack me up. Maybe it's just a comfort thing. I get liking certain colors and I'm partial as well to colors, but saying certain colors won't catch fish is crazy. A good fisherman can catch fish with anything. Just go with what you like, can afford, and fits your technique.
MickD reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 3:47 AM, CroakHunter said:Not cheap by my book. $100.
Not cheap. But if it yellowed in less than a season, the manufacturer was not using good wrap epoxy. You really cannot tell with factory rods much about how they are built.
BassWhole! reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 4:22 AM, Dens228 said:A lot of the youngsters on here probably won't get your reference!
Better rhinestone than midnight.... They can Google it...
CrankFate reply :
I prefer charcoal or black, grey at least. I do not like the “hey look it’s custom made” bad color choices most people make when going custom. Why do turquoise? Sky blue? It doesn’t look good. Just because you can pick the colors shouldn’t mean you have to pick bad ones. It’s rare to see good custom rod color choices. And don’t get me started on all the freaked out basket weaves from the top of the foregrip half way up to the first guide. WHHYYYY!!!?
When the day comes that I get a custom, it’s still going to be grey, black, gunmetal and a tiny hint of blue or orange, like one or two threads wide as an accent.
Columbia Craw reply :
Once upon a time I owned a handful of Lamiglas Excels. They looked okay. The finish, a squeegee applied paint that was baked on, did not hold up as well as hoped. I've always preferred lightly sanded dull graphite finishes which dominates what I fish now. I do have four pre HP DX Extremes which are very blingy but they fish awesome so I accept that. I still have one Lamiglas SR705R, the original yellow e glass model. I put a pin light in the butt cap directed up the length of the blank just in case I have to direct a sea plane when it wants to land.
LionHeart reply :
Alot of rods and reels are just plain ugly, there is no getting around it. I mean lime green? Bright orange? Can a rod or reel be so ugly that I wouldn't buy it? Admittedly yes.
Unless the price was right. I'm more of a sucker for getting a good deal than a judge of fishing gear style. If I found a St. Croix LTB that was hot pink at half price, the first paragraph goes straight out the window.
MassYak85 reply :
There are far too many good rods/reels on the market that aren't ugly for me to buy one that is, so yea it does matter. My budget doesn't allow for custom rods at the moment but if I ever get one the only color request I might make would be like an accent thread color if I knew the reel I was going to use and it would match nice. But even then I'm only talking like a gold, silver, dull red/purple/blue.
Dens228 reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 6:16 AM, PaFrogThrower9 said:Y'all and your rod color theories and superstitions crack me up. Maybe it's just a comfort thing. I get liking certain colors and I'm partial as well to colors, but saying certain colors won't catch fish is crazy. A good fisherman can catch fish with anything. Just go with what you like, can afford, and fits your technique.
I'm not aware of anyone referencing rod colors with catching fish........did I miss that somewhere in here?
PaFrogThrower9 reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 11:04 AM, Dens228 said:I'm not aware of anyone referencing rod colors with catching fish........did I miss that somewhere in here?
Someone had mentioned that white rods were considered bad luck and a few old timers were superstitious to the point that white rods meant bad luck. Not pointing fingers at anyone directly.
Dens228 reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 11:18 AM, PaFrogThrower9 said:Someone had mentioned that white rods were considered bad luck and a few old timers were superstitious to the point that white rods meant bad luck. Not pointing fingers at anyone directly.
That's just plain crazy. Everyone knows that only rods that are orange with green stripes are unlucky.
And not based on color but I did just replace my white frogging rod with an upgraded rod that is grey. I did pretty good with the white so I guess I'm really going to kick butt with the new one!
PaFrogThrower9 reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 11:21 AM, Dens228 said:That's just plain crazy. Everyone knows that only rods that are orange with green stripes are unlucky.
And not based on color but I did just replace my white frogging rod with an upgraded rod that is grey. I did pretty good with the white so I guess I'm really going to kick butt with the new one!
The majority of my rods are the white ones and no do more than well with them. I have a few other brands as well and I don't think I have one that hasn't caught a fish.
Catt reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 4:14 AM, A-Jay said:Way to Go ~ Cowboy !
A-Jay
Don't call him Cowboy until you've seen him ride!
I really don't care about rod colors but I do understand for the most part they're trying to appeal to the younger crowd.
Hook2Jaw reply :
Looks like Ninja Turtle Green will be the green trout hero of the future, @Catt!
As for younger crowd, I ain't but 31, and I can't stand no funky colors on no rod. This is fishing, not a disco ball.
Mike L reply :
I have never bought or not bought a rod or reel because of what color it is.
I just don't get it.
Mike
Choporoz reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 9:59 PM, Mike L said:I have never bought or not bought a rod or reel because of what color it is.
I just don't get it.
Mike
+1
Chance_Taker4 reply :
I am on the other side of a spectrum I love all the colors out there. Maybe its because I came from a paintball background where the popular thing was to get the most and brightest colors possible on your guns. But honestly I would have never tried a ***, Phenom Ti, Magnesium 2, or E6X without all the bight colors. Back when my budget was a little lower it was the white blanks that got me to buy my Veritas and Ghost rods.
Catt reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 9:59 PM, Mike L said:I have never bought or not bought a rod or reel because of what color it is.
I just don't get it.
Mike
Tennessee Boy reply :
On 1/6/2019 at 9:51 PM, Brad Reid said:White rods remind me of Pat Boone's shoes.
Now that's funny and you're old. ????
Mobasser reply :
I've never bought a rod based on color either. But, if I have a choice, I wouldn't choose lime green as a first choice. I just like more traditional looking rods.
On 1/7/2019 at 10:47 PM, Catt said:
I like all of these!
Hook2Jaw reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 10:47 PM, Catt said:
As a round reel fan, I can get on board with the Calcutta. The way I palm my reels, I'm holding the rear half and round and lowpros sit just fine.
What exactly is the second reel, though? Year? Tell me about that thing.
Catt reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 11:55 PM, Hook2Jaw said:What exactly is the second reel, though? Year? Tell me about that thing.
Shimano: Bantam 100 Super Gear upgrade with rosewood handles (1978)
stratoliner92 reply :
I prefer a black blank unsanded or matte finish with black wraps and cork handles. That said it doesn't keep me from fishing my brown Fenwick Elite tech, green GLX or even the purple IKE signature rod, sensitive but man it's ugly????
Hook2Jaw reply :
@Catt those rosewood handles will ****** her outta there fast.
Edit : bassresource won't let me use a synonym for pull nor talk about half my rods.
Catt reply :
On 1/8/2019 at 1:31 AM, Hook2Jaw said:@Catt those rosewood handles will ****** her outta there fast.
That handle is actually to small (narrow) & was replaced with
RB 77 reply :
Any color as long as its black. Haha. I can use whatever as long as its not obnoxious. About the most "exotic" I have are the dark red G. Loomis Crank Bait rods. All my customs are black blanks with black wraps with very minor red inlays. I do have a handful of dark green Crucials that match my Curado E's quite nice though...
NYWayfarer reply :
I don't mind different color rods or reel. What I do mind is when the rod colors and reel colors don't match when I put them together. I won't be putting a green reel on a red rod, except if I am fishing at Christmas.
The neon color rods have grown on me. They are visible from a distance which is a plus when they are in my kayak rod holders. Helps boaters see me.
Yeeleng Thao reply :
I personally prefer a bare blank. Just seems like how a rod blank should be. Nice new cork handles never disappoints either. Cork does get pretty ugly with regular use though. If we're talking purely aesthetics I think a custom wood handle would be nice.
I have seen some pretty nice epoxy colors on some mass produced rods though. Like a dark gold with gold spec on the *** the dark blue/ green w/ green spec of the st croix ledgends.
ike8120 reply :
Never bought a rod based on color, my rods were purchased on fit and function.
Brad Reid reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 11:01 PM, Tennessee Boy said:Now that's funny and you're old. ????
Oh yes! And, at age 66, after not having worn a beard in decades, all my life with dark brown hair . . . most of my beard grew in . . . as white as, well, Pat Boone's shoes.
Ha!
fishwizzard reply :
I dont like a fully painted blank, but I love bright highlights and will usually add color parts to my reels to match.
If you go real crazy you want the lures to match as well....
Log Catcher reply :
I like the traditional type rods with a full cork handle. I won't buy any bright florescent rods and I won't buy any with the split grip.
J Francho reply :
I always match my shoes to my purse.
MickD reply :
Who would have thought this string would go so far?
Regarding color affecting fish-catching, there have been allegations that white is too visible and can adversely affect the frequency of strikes. On clear water salt flats some argue that glossy finishes cause the same problems, but I've never noticed a bonefish flare from the rod, always the line when I screw up. Maybe up really close?
Mobasser reply :
On 1/8/2019 at 11:55 PM, MickD said:Who would have thought this string would go so far?
Regarding color affecting fish-catching, there have been allegations that white is too visible and can adversely affect the frequency of strikes. On clear water salt flats some argue that glossy finishes cause the same problems, but I've never noticed a bonefish flare from the rod, always the line when I screw up. Maybe up really close?
I would have never guessed so many fisherman would be that concerned about rod colors either
Chance_Taker4 reply :
On 1/7/2019 at 3:47 AM, CroakHunter said:Not cheap by my book. $100.
Must be a Ghost
MAN reply :
I think we still have about 2-3 more years to go with the bright colors and Winn grips before the fad dies.
kjfishman reply :
Function first over form color makes no difference to me.
Looking for the big one reply :
I have an old Bass Pro Shops Micro-Lite spinning rod that looks to be a dark black finish but changes color depending on angle and lighting to a cherry red gloss finish. It’s very cool, although the rod isn’t ideal because of how slow and heavy it is. For the most part I like a sanded graphite blank and full cork handles. When I’m looking at rods I’m also a stickler for reel seats, I can’t stand exposed threads, skeleton reel seats, and avoid the Fuji ACS reel seats.
WRB reply :
Tubular glass rods started off as light tan color that looks fiberglass unless they were painted. Graphite tubular rods started off dark gray and stayed that color for decades until rod makers wanted to differentiate between low to high end models like St Croix green, light blue and natural graphite gray, others followed with colored blanks.
White is beyond comprehension because graphite is dark gray and white pigment is usually a talc compound that is UV sensitive breaking down under sunlight and hard on your eye sight.
All my custom graphite bass rods are natural dark gray non reflective mat finish with royal blue guide wraps, because that is what I like, easy on my eyes looking at them all day.
Tom
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