I flat out love split grips!

Pros:

They're more sensitive

lighter

looks better

Cons:

They can be a bit tip heavy.

I flat out love split grips!

Pros:

They're more sensitive

lighter

looks better

Cons:

They can be a bit tip heavy.

Shouldn't be tip heavy if the rod is balanced.

These split foams & grips date back ( for me anyway) 20 years. My ex-wifes cousin owned a tackle shop back in the late 80's early 90's and built customs, he put the split eva foams on our surf rods to keep the weight down on them, slinging 2 & 3oz plugs on a 11 & 12ft surf rod can wear on you. I still own 3 of the dozen or so rods he's built for me, and I think my brother still has a split grip surf rod hangin in is garage..

Yup I saw custom salt rods in custom turned split wooden grips when I worked the tackle shop in San Diego in the 80's, they wound up on the half/full day boats...

I should have stipulated in the bass rod industry they are really quite new...

Tight Lines!!!

Hey guys, I think even for bass rods they're even a bit older. In the mid 90's when I worked at Walmart they carried a Mitchell Fulcrum rod that had EVA foam split grips, it sold for around $39. Then they also had "their brand" of rod, the Renegade and it had EVA split grips as well. The Mitchell was advertised as being totally balanced, hense the name "Fulcrum" and I have to say it did feel noticeably lighter and absolutely zero balanced when you held the rod by gripping the reel. I think the very tip of the handle had a weight in it actually. They felt great in hand but all we had to compare them to were the other rods they sold at the time which were numerous and mostly cheap. We used to talk about how sensitive that balanced feel would help make the rod........though I never did buy one as I thought they were butt ugly at the time. A friend of mine did though and he fished it up until about 4 years ago when he finally snapped it one day while pulling against a5snagged lure. My mom actually got two of the spinning versions of the Renegade rods and she still has them. She doesn't fish at all anymore but she did briefly in the late 90's and those are what she used.

Now I wish I had bought one of those Mitchell Fulcrums because the more I look at them the better they are looking to me. I'm on the band wagon per say about thinking they look sexy. They do! But that still doesn't change the fact that my Shimanos are my favorite rods and none of them have split grips, and even though I think they look cool, I can't see the slightest advantage to them.

A fore grip is basically a waste. It's not like we're trying to winch a Tuna up from 200' or somethin.....

A bass rod, especially a casting rod, should never ever come with a foregrip.

Like a Steez ? 8-)

Naaaaa, he was talking about my G-Blanks ;D

According to USPS tracking, I'll have one of those G-Blanks on Monday!

(NO Im not comparing it to any of my existing rods)

Steezy, Im not familiar with the blank you choose, I opt for the Rainshadows,  but Im sure you'll like the rod...good luck

I flat out love split grips!

Pros:

They're more sensitive

lighter

looks better

Cons:

They can be a bit tip heavy.

Shouldn't be tip heavy if the rod is balanced.

lol!

It's kind of ironic! I was gonna post a bit tip heavy if you buy a cheep one... But I though some people where gonna say there tip heavy either way!  

Oh well, I agree with that!  

A fore grip is basically a waste. It's not like we're trying to winch a Tuna up from 200' or somethin.....

A bass rod, especially a casting rod, should never ever come with a foregrip.

Like a Steez ? 8-)

Naaaaa, he was talking about my G-Blanks ;D

I am sure it was Powell he was referring to!!!!           :-X

I think Im guna too late....

I think the split grips look good but I do not like them for my reaction bait rods (cranks, jerks, spinnerbaits)...I really just dont see the point.

Now on my jig rods, flippin rods and worm rods, I'll use a split grip without hesitation.

I do however, think all bass rods should be made without foregrips, regardless of what kind of grip is behind the reel.

I feel the same way.I love split grip rods,I think they are just comfortable.  However on a reaction bite type lure I like to have full grip on the handle while working the bait.