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[hossmp]

Good Morning everyone - I am a new member to the site. I had to take a break from buying new equipment for about 10 years as I started my family and renovated my home. In that time I sold my Ranger boat and replaced it with a aluminum. This year I had to replace a few reels. While out on a few fishing trips I really appreciated the quality updates. For reference I picked up a new Curado and a Revo SX. I have 4 Curado's now including the new one. The others are about 10 years old.

I was curious are the rods the same way..should I be looking to replace them. Most of the Rods I have are older St. Croix Avid rods, a few G Loomis rods including one Medium Heavy GL3 and a 843 Crankbait rod. In addition I have a few older Team Daiwa rods. They show age but they have worked fine. I am curious if a new Powell, Dobyn's or StCroix or Loomis rod would be head over heels better than the older ones at this time?

I was looking for something that would work for Frogs. Right now I use my Flipping rod and just swap out the Jig for the frog. I wanted to stop doing that and get a new rod for that purpose. While getting that one should i be looking to replace the others or would they still be similar in terms of quality today versus 10 years ago.

Thanks in advance for any feedback

[Traveler2586]

I am still using four rods I got back in the late 80's. If the guides (the guides are the most important) and handles are good, keep them. I look on my rods as old friends that I wish could talk, boy the fishing tails they could tell

[briansnat]

If they are in good condition I don't see why you'd want to replace them. One of my trout rods is pusing 30 years old and works fine.

[hossmp]

Thanks guys, I just needed a dose of reality. I never planned to get rid of them but figured if the new stuff was that much better I should start to phase them out. I do need one new rod for a few applications that I dont have anything for and that will be the one I will focus on.

[boystcroix]

still have a BPS Boron Elite rod from the mid 80's I think, though I don't really ever use it anymore

[Michael DiNardo]

You will do much better with new equipment. Send me the old rods and I will dispose of them for you.

Mike

[Osprey39]

See my thread in this forum titled 'Your Favorite Rod'. I have caught 99% of my fish this season on a 30 year old spinning rod that my dad made. Are new rods better? Sure, especially in graphite they have made a good deal of improvements but that doesn't mean the old ones can't get the job done if they are in good shape.

It's not a really fair comparison with new reels to new rods. Reels have a whole lot of moving parts and they've been greatly improved even in the last 10 years. Rods are pretty much 4 components: blank, guides, grips and reel seat. There are no moving parts and really only the blank materials have been improved much in the last 20 or so years.

[TourPT]

I still have and still use a few Loomis GL3 and IMX rods that are going on 20 years old. Still work as good as the Loomis rods I have purchased over the last 5 years, in fact the older ones are better IMO for when Gary ran the show they used better guides and reel seats IMO.

[Bluebasser86]

My dad has a couple rods older than I am that still catch fish just like they used to. As long as they're in good condition they should serve you fine.

[Hot n Tot]

I still have and still use a few Loomis GL3 and IMX rods that are going on 20 years old. Still work as good as the Loomis rods I have purchased over the last 5 years, in fact the older ones are better IMO for when Gary ran the show they used better guides and reel seats IMO.

Same here, my first Loomis rods were purchased in the mid nineties and are just as good as the newer versions.