Do you bring your good Rod N Reels in your Yak?

Making my maiden voyage next weekend. Think I'll with my older Garcias amd a Zebco. Think I'll leave the Shimanos at home.

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Do you bring your good Rod N Reels in your Yak?
Or do you have a cheaper set up?

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Bring the good stuff. What are you worried about? In almost 10 years of kayak fishing I've lost two rods - one when I flipped after misreading a 3' fall/rapids and the other when I went underneath a willow tree and I was using a flush mount rod holder. The rod got caught in the tree and apparently pulled right out. I wouldn't be too concerned. And if you fish with your old backup gear you'll just be pissed because it won't work as well as the newer good stuff.

Of course i do. I've never lost one in 5 years of kayak fishing and it's the only kind of fishing I do anyway.

I do. I have three rod floats that I use when I go into the gulf (only time I've ever flipped in 10 years of yak fishing was in the breakers). $10 for three is good insurance anyway. I'd cry like a baby if my Stella/St. Croix combo ended up at the bottom of the gulf



These have a slim profile and will float heavy gear.

I take my Dobyn's/Lews combos in my kayak but I'm very careful with them. I cut a pool noodle down to the approximate length from the reel to the first guide. Then, I slit the noodle down one side so I can slip the rod in. When I use a rod, I pull off the noodle and put it back on when I change rods.

Above pic is from the link, and your only comment is "ugly as hell"?

If I'm fishing, I'm bringing the heat, period.