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FishingThePacNW
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Salmon/Steelhead rods

Post by FishingThePacNW » Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:58 am

Anyone know any good salmon/steelhead rods for 25 to 40 bucks??

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Re: Salmon/Steelhead rods

Post by kzoo » Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:17 pm

Okuma Ceililos, not sure about the spelling, but they're 40 bucks. Great rods for the price.

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Re: Salmon/Steelhead rods

Post by natetreat » Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:31 pm

Best bang for your buck. They are actually pretty darn good, not budget at all. Most rods in that price are pretty cheesy.

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Re: Salmon/Steelhead rods

Post by Brian253 » Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:36 pm

I don't know much about cheap rods, but when I first started I fished with a daiwa for a few months, it broke. Then I bought loomis have never looked back, some food for thought

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Re: Salmon/Steelhead rods

Post by EAmon ___hoffman123 » Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:06 pm

get a okuma celio with a reel at dougs, i was just there and they said 69.00 bucks
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Re: Salmon/Steelhead rods

Post by yooper_fisher » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:57 am

Another vote for the Okuma Celilo. I bought one this year and love it!

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Re: Salmon/Steelhead rods

Post by Bodofish » Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:05 pm

This guy has been very good to me by way of putting a nice yet budget priced rod in the hands of those that need. $25 plus shipping. My boys use them and a bunch of my friends. They've never let us down. Eagle Claw.....
Lets just say I've spent a lot more and got a lot less.

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Re: Salmon/Steelhead rods

Post by Kockmandoo » Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:40 pm

Yeah. Ive found that when you buy an expensive rod. your paying for sensitivity and feel, not as much strength. As far as budget rods go, theres a lot of rods in the 60-80$ range that do nicely. Okuma sst series is a great rod. Im also a big fan of the okuma guide select rods. for the samish this year I bought a reeeel deal if you know what I mean. A quantum affinity 7'9 rod rated for 10 to 25 pound test. It has no real "action" or "sensitivity" to speak of, but man does it have power! since I use a float mostly there I dont really need to feel bites. I got the rod for 30 bucks and didn't break it so it may be around for another year.

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Re: Salmon/Steelhead rods

Post by dicinu » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:44 pm

okuma are cheap and good rods for the money.

I am a Big fan of the sst line and also the Guide select line. more so the guide select as over the counter warranty! and still less then 100.bucks for the rod

I am also a fan of the Shimanno line cheap heavy duty and again life time warranty! under 100.00 also

then also the Lami line over 100 but life time warranty not as easy as the top 2 but still a warranty...

I seen more loomis and lamis break on the river this year then any other rods. I did break my SST on the river also still not sure how as i was making my first cast... Celio's I believe have a 1 yr warranty not 100% sure on that though but decent rods for the price..

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Re: Salmon/Steelhead rods

Post by Bodofish » Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:41 am

FishingThePacNW wrote:Anyone know any good salmon/steelhead rods for 25 to 40 bucks??

Hey guys just so you don't loose site of the original question. $25 to $40, not $60 to $80.
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Re: Salmon/Steelhead rods

Post by BigDee » Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:31 am

auburn sports marine has a okuma setup for 30$ i am using it my self right now it works great, it has a really nice tensil feel when your bait is drifting on the floor!

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