Cabelas - Shakespeare Backpack Rod (FISHIN)

Wise Old Owl · Jun 5th 2016, 3:35pm

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Inexpensive rod to attach a open small bait reel and 8 pound Stren. Longer is better. Catch Dinner on the trail...

( not suggested for the AT. For thru hiking. ) Please make sure you have a license!

IMScotty · Jun 5th 2016, 4:10pm

WHO,

For my JMT hike I bought a Tenkara Rod. Check them out, a specialized Japanese fly rod designed for mountain streams. I had never been able to catch anything on a fly in my life, but I just killed it out there with this rod. I could not have been happier...

tenkarausa.com/shop/product_in…b2c3babe33a95e36664993e57

Scott

Wise Old Owl · Jun 5th 2016, 6:32pm

IMScotty wrote:

WHO,

For my JMT hike I bought a Tenkara Rod. Check them out, a specialized Japanese fly rod designed for mountain streams. I had never been able to catch anything on a fly in my life, but I just killed it out there with this rod. I could not have been happier...

tenkarausa.com/shop/product_in…b2c3babe33a95e36664993e57

Scott

Yea I have something similar - Uh I was attempting to keep it easy and cheap - I like Fly fishing and it works on high mountain pools... but - I am mentioning clearance items for $20 or less.

Dan76 · Jun 5th 2016, 11:04pm

Good video on cooking a fish, but he left out crushed garlic cloves and squeezed lemon juice.

Note the initial disclaimer on catch and release practice? Most times, if it's legal it's eaten.

Looks like a great rod not only for backpacking but also for vehicle transport.

Trebor · Jun 6th 2016, 9:33am

several years ago my wife bought me the Shakespear Travel Mate for Fathers Day. At first I thought it was a little gimmicky and cheap. I was wrong. Ive taken it on numerous backpacking trips, it has held up well, and provided dinner for me on more than one occasion.

AnotherKevin · Jun 7th 2016, 10:30am

I'm no fisherman. A lot of people recommended bringing fishing gear on the Northville-Placid, and just about all of them recommended one of those Shakespeare travel rods. Then they started to mention tackle to go with it, and rattled off long lists of words that I didn't understand. So I decided that hiking would be enough without trying to learn to fish at the same time.

I can recall one hike with Elf where he was mourning not having brought fishing gear - and mentioning that if we'd got Coach Lou in by that stream, it would take a crowbar to get him out again! The stream was just full of skittish little wild brookies.

Socks · Jun 7th 2016, 11:17am

I have a nice pack rod, but anymore I just take my little ice-fishing pole with micro real and a couple spinners just to take a few cast here and there.

jimmyjam · Jun 7th 2016, 2:53pm

Damn now I'm going to have figure out a way to turn my hiking pole into a fishing rod. Hey there might actually be a market for something like that. Don't none of y'all get any thoughts about stealing my idea. Triple purpose gear: hiking pole, tent pole and now fishing pole. The wheels in my brain are spinnin!!!!

Astro · Jun 7th 2016, 4:02pm

jimmyjam wrote:

Damn now I'm going to have figure out a way to turn my hiking pole into a fishing rod. Hey there might actually be a market for something like that. Don't none of y'all get any thoughts about stealing my idea. Triple purpose gear: hiking pole, tent pole and now fishing pole. The wheels in my brain are spinnin!!!!

Might as well go for quadruple use, self defense against bears, or whatever you run up against.

Socks · Jun 7th 2016, 4:56pm

jimmyjam wrote:

Damn now I'm going to have figure out a way to turn my hiking pole into a fishing rod. Hey there might actually be a market for something like that. Don't none of y'all get any thoughts about stealing my idea. Triple purpose gear: hiking pole, tent pole and now fishing pole. The wheels in my brain are spinnin!!!!

mines doubles as a blow gun and shoots wire nuts, with a screw stickin' outta the buesiness end.

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