I have been wanting to try a short pistol grip but did not want to spend a fortune in case if I did not like it. I found this was one on clearance a thought I would share it for those hwo like this style of rods. I am going to try it and if I like it then I will move up to a more expensive one. Anyway here is the link.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_98476_100002006_100000000_100002000_100-2-6

Big T

I still have a pair of original LR lightning rod pistol grips. My wife uses them as her rods.  Over 20 years later and those are still very light and sensitive rods.

I have two in the garage.  Hard to beat for that price.  I think I paid $30.00 for mine at Wally World 10 years ago.

I ordered one the shipping was going to be $4.95 on the rod alone, so I ordered a couple of lures and paid the same amount for shipping on the total order. I think this style might suit my needs for fishing the NE Cape Fear river, lots of overhangs and small creek oxbows. Longer rods are too cumbersome.

Big T

i had the same idea to get a cheap pistol grip rod, i got myself a berkley lightning rod, great rod for the money

at the very least i would get a bass pro tourney special when they go on sale for $29.99

I have 2 of them(with AG 2005LP on them) and love them. They go with me on every fishing trip. I fish from a kayak alot, and love a runt rod. My accuracy is much better than with any of my other rods, but distance does suffer a little. One of them usually stays in my car with a small tackle box for when I might want to pull over and fish.

Wal-Mart was the only store open tonight when I went uptown to get something. I wandered through the fishing section and found they have quite a few different rods that are pistol grip. $10-$40. The rod you posted in the link is a pretty good deal too. I think the IM-6 is the older model, but none the less, quite a bit of rod for $13. Becareful not to get too cheesy of a rod, the rod might fail before you get enough time with it to see if you like the style. That happened to me when I bought a cheap UL setup to see what all the fuss was about using UL rods for panfishing.

I think my post was a little misunderstood. My intention was to bring light to the low price of the Lightning Rod. I have heard good reviews about them. If I like this style of rod then I am going to step up to either an All Star, Fenwick HMG, or a St. Croix.

Big T

Thanks I'll be ordering 2

I have one of the original with a rubber grip, I love it for spinnerbaits.

After all the years I have only had to replace the tip due to useing braid. Great rod

Dale