Fishing brands you stand by?

[Deleted member 38069]

HT,

In the light of Spring, tell us your top five brands, of any product, you stand by? No sponsorships, just companies blue-collared people can depend on buying through.

I’ll start;

- St. Croix Rods
- Pflueger
- Rapala
- Vexilar
- Otter Outdoors

I’ll be looking to add Lund to this list!

 

[Salmonchaser]

Sage, Winston loomis, St. croix. Wooldridge, North River, and Lowe boats.

 

[thusby]

Shimano and Flambeau come to mind.

They will replace anything, even if you are an idiot and roll the window up on your rod tip. Or your tackle box flies open in a bay boat and you lose all the subcompartments.

 

[JShane]

Saltwater assassin
Berkley gulp
Shimano
Favorite fishing rods

 

[longbow51]

Sage, Winston , and Sweetgrass Rods
All made in USA, and latter two in Montana

Hardy (have to have a Hardy on bamboo) and Abel reels

 

[nastynate]

St Croix (great customer service to go with great rods)
Power pro braided line
Rapala
zman soft plastics (Buoyant and durable)
Winchester model 12 (for when the fish are in barrels)

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Zebco.
I have broken more Shimano rods
than Carter has liver pills!

 

[shootbrownelk]

Mirrocraft boats
Shakespeare ugly stick rods
Berkley Gulp baits
Yamaha 4 stroke outboards
Plano tackle bags

 

[Northwoods]

Humminbird Helix
Abu Garcia spinning reels
Berkley Trilene XL mono
Spro jigs and swivels when fishing for big lake trout

 

[Sytes]

I’ll be looking to add Lund to this list!

Nice! Grats on the boat this year. We're going to need pics of some great fishing! @Duck-Slayer / Matt always knocks this out of the park! @Big Sky as well.

Hmmm... Top five.

Fly - Sage.
Spin - Pflueger / St. Croix.
Fish Soft baits - Storm / Berkeley.
Worm Soft Baits - Yamamoto.
Hard Tackle - Rapala.

My main focus has been Bass and Pike. New territory has my focus on Muskie, Pike, Small/Large Bass, and... walleye. Apparently there are White Sturgeon lurking the waters as well.

 

[Flatbrimmer]

HT,

In the light of Spring, tell us your top five brands, of any product, you stand by? No sponsorships, just companies blue-collared people can depend on buying through.

I’ll start;

- St. Croix Rods
- Pflueger
- Rapala
- Vexilar
- Otter Outdoors

I’ll be looking to add Lund to this list!

I second pflueger and rapala. Diawa. Spider wire.

 

[Nick87]

Zebco and eagle claw.

#whitetrashprostaff

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

For panfishing
Reels- Pflueger,Shimano
Rods- Norsemen Outdoors, HT Enterprises
Mono- Leland's, Pline
Baits-Southern Pro,Berkeley
Terminal Tackle- Eagle Claw

 

[Duck-Slayer]

HT,

In the light of Spring, tell us your top five brands, of any product, you stand by? No sponsorships, just companies blue-collared people can depend on buying through.

I’ll start;

- St. Croix Rods
- Pflueger
- Rapala
- Vexilar
- Otter Outdoors

I’ll be looking to add Lund to this list!

So this is a very good topic to discuss,
1. Catch and Release apparel @Moosie
2. Plueger
3. Rapala
4. Okuma
5. Mercury Marine/Seaark boats

I own all of my top 5, I will continue to use them for a very long time!
Matt

 

[Trailsend]

Blue Fox
Rapala
Berkeley
Shimano
Hagen rods

 

[TheTone]

Kelly galloup streamers. The crazier the name the better

 

[BuzzH]

Cabela's pro line mono
Ambassadeur level wind bait casters
owner hooks, gamakatsu hooks a close second.
Teeny flies
tungsten jigs

 

[MTLabrador]

At the risk of sounding like a complete snob:
Sage rods.
Lamson and Abel reels.
Simms waders and boots.
I can’t tie to save my life and I like Montana Fly Company patterns.

All that fancy stuff is still a hell of a lot cheaper than a walleye boat.

 

[shrapnel]

Tom Morgan Rodsmiths
Abel
Simms
Winston
Teeny
Sage
Loomis

 

[Dougfirtree]

Lots of great names being mentioned, that I agree with. To throw out a few more that I haven't seen mentioned so much:


I've been impressed, over the years, by Cabelas Fish Eagle spinning rods. I think they're often nicer than the entry level St. Croix's.

Yo Zuri makes really nice crankbaits.

Owner makes great hooks and jigheads.

For fly fishing, there's so much great stuff out there if you can afford it. If you want great quality, while paying a bit less, I'd recommend some of the nicer TFO rods and Galvan reels.

Another brand you'd be wise to check out if you're not rich and like fly fishing: Ebay.