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I was at a outdoors store a few months ago and I overheard the sales rep tell the salesman that Canadians prefer two piece rods over one Piece. He went on to say that Americans prefer one piece over the two piece models. I don't know if he was full of it but, I thought it might make for a good poll. A quick explanation as to the reason why you prefer one over the other might be interesting.

Two piece breaks down smaller and fits better in tight spaces. Can not fit an 7ft 1 piece in a Hyundai Accent very well

I've seen some pretty big folk get in and out of those things Pete!

Myself....I'm the 4 piece type. 6 if I'm looking at a pack rod.

Todd B. wrote:Myself....I'm the 4 piece type. 6 if I'm looking at a pack rod.

ha-ha.

I have both. Depends on where I am fishing or rather how I am getting there that determines which I will use. As stated above the 1 piece rods are difficult to store safely on long trips on rough roads. However I do find the 1 piece rods much more sensitive than the 2 piece.

Dan Smyth wrote:I have both. Depends on where I am fishing or rather how I am getting there that determines which I will use. As stated above the 1 piece rods are difficult to store safely on long trips on rough roads. However I do find the 1 piece rods much more sensitive than the 2 piece.

Funny, I would have said the same thing, but the most sensitve rod I have is the 4 piece Orvis. I can feel small "4" minnow sized" fall-fish nipping at the tail of my bugger with 40feet of line cruzing in weird twists down a flowing stream... Somehow, the fly-line transfers a crazy amount of "feeling"...
I do however thing that my 1-piece rods in general are more sensitive than my two-piece spinning rods.

Todd, comments?

Weekend anglers will be more likely to have a two piece rod and tournament anglers will have the one piece. Not written in stone... Always exceptions to every rule or law of physics or anything else for that matter

Bobby Shimano

i will never buy a 2 peice rod again
i had an experiance that i was bringing in a decent pike proberoly 8 or 9 pounds and my rod came apart and the line broke after that day i have put the 2 peice rods in storage

1 piece for boats and I use 3 piece rods for travel.

One piece all the way!

Hookup,

Unless you're fishing really fast fly rods, most rod tips are pretty sensative. That being said the primary reason you notice the bites, etc more on the fly rod is that you're always holding onto the line, hence you can feel those slight movements in the rod tip through the line.

If I'm finesse fishing with a spinning reel I'll also hold onto the line (if I'm not reeling) to feel the light bites. If you're not in direct contact with your line, those light bites have to be transmitted down the rod (via the line) to the handle. In this case the quality (i.e. the capability) of rod to transfer that minute bite (i.e. vibration) from the tip to the handle, dictates whether you will actually feel the bite or not.

Personally I think the desire for one piece rods is based on past experiences where multi-piece rods have blown up under stress. In the past that was indeed the case, however a quality multi-piece rod today is extremely well engineered. If there is a failure at a joint it's mostly likely caused by improperly seated ferrule (i.e. user error)

I've always gone 2-piece for ease of transport/storage. I don't think I fish often/well enough to notice much of a difference between 1 and 2... but I do have one 1-piece... and I do love using it and how it feels... but I can't really say why, it might just be the novelty.
So, 2 piece... ease of transport, storage, and less likely to get damaged/broken given those two things (I've got a hard plastic carrying case). It *is* annoying when the two pieces don't hold together all that well anymore and every X number of casts the top end flies off!
I'll be making a few casts tonight... not sure yet which rod I'll be bringing!

I had always been a two piece guy until I purchased a couple of quality one piece units. They seem to just feel better. I think the fact that I have a little boat now and no longer use a canoe has given me more room to put one piece rods. I will say though there have been a couple of scarry moments when climbing into the boat. Especially with the kids bouncing around.

High Noon