Fish with a "rod"....push a boat with a "pole"

How about poles don't have guides.

Also that, poles don't have guides.

Andy called it a fishin pole.

Used to call it a fishing pole, still do sometimes...

 

Guess I call it a fishing rod more though.

One of my biggest fishing pet peeves.

 

It's a rod.

Pole and Rod seem to be interchangeable terms, I prefer to use rod.

To me, fishing poles are made of cane or bamboo.  Period.   I probably visibly shudder slightly whenever a 'proper' fishing rod is called a pole....kind of the same reaction I used to have in the Navy when someone referred to my ship as a boat.....sorry if it looked like I was gagging a bit

To me the definition of a pole is something that has one end stuck or pushed into the ground.... Like a flag pole or push pole for example.

I just realized I use rod when talking about bass fishing, and pole when talking about any other. Never would have noticed. 

To me, fishing poles are made of cane or bamboo.  Period.   I probably visibly shudder slightly whenever a 'proper' fishing rod is called a pole....kind of the same reaction I used to have in the Navy when someone referred to my ship as a boat.....sorry if it looked like I was gagging a bit

 

I pretty much think you are right on the spot about fishing poles made of cane or bamboo, NHK network ocassionally airs a fishing show and the japanes literally take fishing with poles to the extreme ( very japanese ) they fish for Amago ( a native trout ) in knee deep creeks with a bamboo pole, 6-10 yards of line and a tiny fly dropping the fly at pockets behind rocks and such, also they fish for Ayu ( a native minnow ) with bamboo fishing poles and hair thin line.

Fishing poles and reels?

Rods and reels sound better to me.

I say rod

rod.  Pole is my nails on the chalkboard word.

 

Poles are long things, typically cane or fiberglass, with an 'eye' on the end where you tie the 'string'.

 

On a bit of an aside.  That retirement rod I posted the pics of last month.....they kept calling it a POLE.  It was hard to let that one go, but I did.

Under $100, it's a pole. Over $100, it's a rod.

Hootie