thorne brothers dead stick rod

[fishing addict]

anyone have input on these?
Are they worth the money?
What length ?
seems like a lot of dough for an ice rod.

[Seabass77]

I have a 30". I get good use from it. My wife got if for me for Christmas last year, but I probably wouldn't have bought it on my own. Same thing as a float but basically you don't have to mess with bobber stops, floats, etc. Just tie on your jig an you are good to go.

[nunzio]

I bought my 28" at the ice show last year. A little spendy but a very nice rod. I would and will be purchasing again.

[Guest]

Thorne Bros makes a nice deadstick. If you can spend the extra money then give it a try.

I've done a lot of deadsticking with noodle rods in the past as well. Very flimsy rod tip and even the slightest bite causes it to move.

I picked up a deadstick rod that was on display at the FishingMN booth at last years St. Paul sports show. It got busted (we won't talk about it) and can't recall the name. I think it was Croxton Pond but I'm not positive. A great rod and I plan on getting another one this year.

Good Fishin,
Matt

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[Guest]

I've got a Thorne Bros dead stick and they are very sensitive but very tough to get a good hook set into a nice fish. Especially from any real depth. Get a **** good rod holder and case for it too. I wouldn't buy another one though just because of the hook set losses.

[fishing addict]

thanks for the input guys.
I think I'll just stick to a good rod with an ice buster bobber on it. I think the hook set issue would be a problem.

[Guest]

Don't count them out that quick.
When your fishing crappie they can't be beat.
When the fish show up on the Vexlar you can bring your bait right to it. You don't have to bend down and adjust you bobber stop, just reel up or let line out. And when the bite is light you'll see them hit alot better than you can with a bobber. I use one dead stick and one slip bobber rig.