Fenwick ice rod

[Boar]

i was in scheels yesterday an spent a long time with hand to hand comparison with several rods from jason mitchel which aint much different fron the old genz series. I handled frabill an St. croix also, i should say i was after a walleye rod an i like a fast tip with some back bone an i finnaly settled on a Fenwick mdium elitetech. Now this is a sweet rod. Love the molded dark cork hand an reel seat to which makes this rod almost handsome to look at. reeled up some power pro ice line an tipped with a JB clown color rattle spoon in the new UV paint an Oh My! I cant wait for LOW to ice over.

[silverbulletguy]

I've looked at the same rods and they seem really nice. I didn't get one yet because I haven't heard anything about them (good or bad)yet. I really liked the light ones and I am debating on getting one for pannies. Has anyone ever used one?

[mww24]

i think they are new this year. So it may be difficult to find someone with on ice experience.I handled one today at the store and it felt nice. That dark cork is some sort of cork that gets sticky when it gets wet. They have it on their elite tech summer rods to. rod felt nice and I like the hidden real seat it has.

[fishersofmen]

What did you pay for the rod boar??

[silverbulletguy]

I saw them for $20

[Live4Fishing]

I too just purchased the new Fenwick Elite ice rod yesterday afternoon

I got mine at FF and it was under 30 bucks, not a bad deal in my opinion for a quality looking rod. I paired it up with a Tica Cetus SS500 reel (my favorites)

Needless to say I am pumped to get that rod broken in!

[Boar]

29.99, very comparable to others on the market., The cork get sticky wen wet? youd think a company like fenwick wouldnt allow that but a sticky cork hand cetainly isnt slippery an ive watvhed my buddy lose his grip on a rod once an lost his fenick over board, somehow... Pretty pumped to set into a fish with it. boar

[mww24]

ya Boar. It's called TAC. I believe it's not even real cork but a synthetic grip designed to become tacky when wet. I guess not "sticky" like I had said earlier. It is designed this way and not a drawback of the material. I think its brilliant especially on a ice rod when it seems anything dropped in a shack goes into the hole.

[CAMAN]

29.99, very comparable to others on the market., The cork get sticky wen wet? youd think a company like fenwick wouldnt allow that but a sticky cork hand cetainly isnt slippery an ive watvhed my buddy lose his grip on a rod once an lost his fenick over board, somehow... Pretty pumped to set into a fish with it. boar

It's designed to be sticky when wet.

[Boar]

well there ya go sticky wen wet, my kinda design. kinda figured that after i thought about it for awhile. Wat they should do is design a rod that expands larger than the hole wen it instant hits the water for those misterious dissapearences. Hey dude wheres my rod!