The raingear vendor across the aisle from our booth at the Boat Show
showed up with a handful of really weird looking fishing rods today.

They are basically short sections of stainless steel, most with a built
in spring, attached to a
traditional rod handle with reel. The rods are about 15-24" in length.

I'm not the world's most avid fisherman, (far from it), but these
little gizmos are pretty neat.

Using only an empty swivel for weight, I cast a line about 20-25 feet
from a spin-casting reel.
With a small rubber casting plug, the short little "spring" pole cast
about as far as one might expect a six-foot rod to do.

During the "slow" period of the afternoon, the raingear vendor hooked a
dollar bill onto the line
and repeatedly tossed it out onto the middle of the carpet. He'd wait
until somebody bent down to pick it up, and then reel the dollar back
in. Right out of that old movie "Used Cars."
It was so corny that even the "victims" laughed.

What do the fishermen in the group think of these?

Izaak Walton must be spinning in his grave. (Would that make him a
flasher, or a dodger?)

http://www.emmrod.com/INDEX.cfm?page=home.cfm

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The raingear vendor across the aisle from our booth at the Boat Show
showed up with a handful of really weird looking fishing rods today.

They are basically short sections of stainless steel, most with a built
in spring, attached to a
traditional rod handle with reel. The rods are about 15-24" in length.

I'm not the world's most avid fisherman, (far from it), but these
little gizmos are pretty neat.

Using only an empty swivel for weight, I cast a line about 20-25 feet
from a spin-casting reel.
With a small rubber casting plug, the short little "spring" pole cast
about as far as one might expect a six-foot rod to do.

During the "slow" period of the afternoon, the raingear vendor hooked a
dollar bill onto the line
and repeatedly tossed it out onto the middle of the carpet. He'd wait
until somebody bent down to pick it up, and then reel the dollar back
in. Right out of that old movie "Used Cars."
It was so corny that even the "victims" laughed.

What do the fishermen in the group think of these?

Izaak Walton must be spinning in his grave. (Would that make him a
flasher, or a dodger?)

http://www.emmrod.com/INDEX.cfm?page=home.cfm


Saw those at the Fred Hall San Fran show. Sort of neat, but would hate to
hook a decent fish on one. Not much shock absorbing in a 12" rod. And
besieds, you might look goofy at the stream side with the modernized Popiel
Pocket Fisherman.

Just the Popeil Pocket Fisherman(tm) re-invented.
JR

wrote:
The raingear vendor across the aisle from our booth at the Boat Show
showed up with a handful of really weird looking fishing rods today.

They are basically short sections of stainless steel, most with a built
in spring, attached to a
traditional rod handle with reel. The rods are about 15-24" in length.

I'm not the world's most avid fisherman, (far from it), but these
little gizmos are pretty neat.

Using only an empty swivel for weight, I cast a line about 20-25 feet
from a spin-casting reel.
With a small rubber casting plug, the short little "spring" pole cast
about as far as one might expect a six-foot rod to do.

During the "slow" period of the afternoon, the raingear vendor hooked a
dollar bill onto the line
and repeatedly tossed it out onto the middle of the carpet. He'd wait
until somebody bent down to pick it up, and then reel the dollar back
in. Right out of that old movie "Used Cars."
It was so corny that even the "victims" laughed.

What do the fishermen in the group think of these?

Izaak Walton must be spinning in his grave. (Would that make him a
flasher, or a dodger?)

http://www.emmrod.com/INDEX.cfm?page=home.cfm



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Harry Krause wrote:
wrote:

The raingear vendor across the aisle from our booth at the Boat Show
showed up with a handful of really weird looking fishing rods today.

They are basically short sections of stainless steel, most with a built
in spring, attached to a
traditional rod handle with reel. The rods are about 15-24" in length.

I'm not the world's most avid fisherman, (far from it), but these
little gizmos are pretty neat.

Using only an empty swivel for weight, I cast a line about 20-25 feet
from a spin-casting reel.
With a small rubber casting plug, the short little "spring" pole cast
about as far as one might expect a six-foot rod to do.

During the "slow" period of the afternoon, the raingear vendor hooked a
dollar bill onto the line
and repeatedly tossed it out onto the middle of the carpet. He'd wait
until somebody bent down to pick it up, and then reel the dollar back
in. Right out of that old movie "Used Cars."
It was so corny that even the "victims" laughed.

What do the fishermen in the group think of these?

Izaak Walton must be spinning in his grave. (Would that make him a
flasher, or a dodger?)

http://www.emmrod.com/INDEX.cfm?page=home.cfm


Might be ok for ice fishing.
What is the normal fishing rod for ice fishing? For some reason I
thought it was just a line on a stick.

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wrote:
The raingear vendor across the aisle from our booth at the Boat Show
showed up with a handful of really weird looking fishing rods today.

They are basically short sections of stainless steel, most with a built
in spring, attached to a
traditional rod handle with reel. The rods are about 15-24" in length.

I'm not the world's most avid fisherman, (far from it), but these
little gizmos are pretty neat.

Using only an empty swivel for weight, I cast a line about 20-25 feet
from a spin-casting reel.
With a small rubber casting plug, the short little "spring" pole cast
about as far as one might expect a six-foot rod to do.

During the "slow" period of the afternoon, the raingear vendor hooked a
dollar bill onto the line
and repeatedly tossed it out onto the middle of the carpet. He'd wait
until somebody bent down to pick it up, and then reel the dollar back
in. Right out of that old movie "Used Cars."
It was so corny that even the "victims" laughed.

What do the fishermen in the group think of these?

Izaak Walton must be spinning in his grave. (Would that make him a
flasher, or a dodger?)

http://www.emmrod.com/INDEX.cfm?page=home.cfm

Looks like the 2005 rendition of the Popeil Pocket Fisherman:
http://www.ronco.com/rco_prodinfo.as...&active=d esc

JR North wrote:
Just the Popeil Pocket Fisherman(tm) re-invented.
JR

I just posted something of similar nature before reading your post,
sorry!

Harry Krause wrote:

Might be ok for ice fishing.


Is there a lure that's really effective for getting the ice to bite?
:-)

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Harry Krause wrote:

Might be ok for ice fishing.


Is there a lure that's really effective for getting the ice to bite?
:-)


Silly boy......you use ice plugs when ice fishing. ;-)

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 11 Jan 2006 22:01:21 -0800, wrote:

What do the fishermen in the group think of these?

considering that you can cast a swivel 20 feet with one, i would
venture a guess that its probably pretty much worthless as a fishing
pole for anything more than a pound or so.

Ron Popiel's Pocket Fisherman redeaux...

There is a heavy duty model with a bait-casting reel. That model has
two stainless steel
pieces, each with an eye for the line to pass through. The vendor
claims he caught a 60-pound sturgeon using the heavy duty model.

One of the fishermen who wandered by thought the concept would be good
for fishing in brushy areas.

wrote:

The raingear vendor across the aisle from our booth at the Boat Show
showed up with a handful of really weird looking fishing rods today.

They are basically short sections of stainless steel, most with a built
in spring, attached to a
traditional rod handle with reel. The rods are about 15-24" in length.

I'm not the world's most avid fisherman, (far from it), but these
little gizmos are pretty neat.

Using only an empty swivel for weight, I cast a line about 20-25 feet
from a spin-casting reel.
With a small rubber casting plug, the short little "spring" pole cast
about as far as one might expect a six-foot rod to do.

During the "slow" period of the afternoon, the raingear vendor hooked a
dollar bill onto the line
and repeatedly tossed it out onto the middle of the carpet. He'd wait
until somebody bent down to pick it up, and then reel the dollar back
in. Right out of that old movie "Used Cars."
It was so corny that even the "victims" laughed.

What do the fishermen in the group think of these?

Izaak Walton must be spinning in his grave. (Would that make him a
flasher, or a dodger?)

http://www.emmrod.com/INDEX.cfm?page=home.cfm


I could get one to replace my "Pocket Fisherman" :-)

Going to the Atlanta show tomarrow, Hope to be able to check these out.

Capt Jack R..