Just wondering if anyone has had one of these rods yet. Looking at getting me a new deep crankbait rod and they have a 7'8. Was wondering if anyone has got to use this rod yet.

no one has got to try one of these yet?

i wondered about these rods two good price point. I have yet to find a store in the area that has these in stock

From Glenn's pictures and the ESPN footage it doesn't even seem that Ike likes using them. He had one on his deck and seemed to primarily use the older Daiwa Light n Tough series.

i have the Mike Iaconelli 7'2" pitch and skip version havnt been able to use it yet tho, still all ice up here in Nh

ike used his 7'2" pitch and skip version in the classic. he used it with a steez reel and was throwing a tru tungsten tube

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Here is the video where he talks about using it.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/iaconelli.html

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http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1235174159/all

Here's Glenn's pics showing Ike's front deck, not a single Ike rod.

Yes the video where he is just talking he says he used the Ike rods, however if you watched the actual ESPN coverage showing him fishing then you would've recognized that the rod he was pitching that tube with was A Daiwa Light n Tough. Those two rods do not look similar so it was not confusion.

is it possible that he used different rods on the day of the tourny i think those pics are from practice right? i dont see ike lieing in an interview about what he used. i also talked to ike at the worcester fishing and hunting show and he said he would be using his line of rods in the classic.

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however if you watched the actual ESPN coverage showing him fishing then you would've recognized that the rod he was pitching that tube with was A Daiwa Light n Tough. Those two rods do not look similar so it was not confusion.

Again, watch the live coverage. He was clearly using a Light n Tough. I really like Ike. But pros put their names on products to make a little extra pocket cash. It happens.

Exactly.... KVD doesnt use his signature reel that BPS sells. He does use his new rod though

The Daiwa Ike rods are probably nice for the price, but Ike uses the Steez rods 95% of the time.  Just because he uses a higher end rod doesn't mean he can't endorse/recommend a rod that is less expensive for everyday anglers.  

It feels like a nice well balanced rod, not really very light with cheapo line guides.

It is pretty evident that he used the L&T at least during the times at the Classic he was on camera actually fishing.  That doesn't mean he didn't use anything else, or that he may not be on tape using something else, but everytime that I saw he was using the Light and Tough.