Rods with exposed handle

[DaytonBoatDock]

Does anyone know of any rod besides the shimano crucial that has the exposed blank in the handle?

Like this.

 

[SpurHunter]

Seems like I have seen some in a store recently, I will keep my eye out for them. Any reason why your looking? Is there an advantage I dont know about?

 

[Andrew]

Theres quite a few rod makers that offer split grip handles. Kistler for one has split grips.

 

[GregB]

There are alot of Powell rods like that at Sportsman's.

 

[Guest]

Most of the higher end Daiwa rods are like that. Quantum also has several.

 

[Guest]

SpurHunter - 7/19/2007 2:51 PM
... Is there an advantage I dont know about?

Lighter weight (and to save money as cork has risen in price), especially good if you don't use that part of your handle.

 

[Pup]

Exposed blanks through the handle have been marketed for a very long time among many manufacturers. My first exposed-blank handle came with an Eagle Claw Mountain Eagle rod. It was manufactured around 1990. The next came with a Faber Bros. Fish Stik that I purchased sometime around the year 2000.

Your photo indicates a split grip, which is certainly fashionable among upper-tier rods nowadays.

I have friends who build rods that really "market" that handle as a better way to fish soft plastic baits.

Some of the first commercially made split-grip rods were Mitchell Fulcrums. You could purchase those at the time for as little as $20-25 per rod.

Powell rods have really taken off with them from what I've read most recently.

 

[B-Pro]

The new Castaway rod have the split handles, but they have a price tag to go with them. $200 plus

 

[Dropshot]

I actually saw some Berkley rods at Wally World like that.

 

[ArmySarge]

I was at bass pro today and they too had some of those rods. They were bass pro tx series im6-8. I can't remeber what the price was. They did charge about $81 bucks to leave the store though.