2 or 3 piece fishing rods

If we can have a 2 piece Rod, then why do we bother making a 3 piece rod ... Yes, i can understand that after a certain length it may be required but for rods up to say 13 feet is it really necessary?

Does a 2 piece rod have a better or worse action than a 3 piece rod.

As a customer how would you prefer your rods were divided?

Three piece rods are more convenient for those with small cars

I have both.two and three piece rods and cant say about the action as I don't have the.same rod in both

I have several Bolognese rods, they are telescopic; they transport at 1,5m and exend to 7 meters. Some companies - Rive et al. manufactrure telescopic 'Anglaise' waggler style rods - I haven't had a 'waggle' of one of these but they are of interest.

Its difficult to comment on action and feel of rods as we all have our preferences.

In theory, the fewer joints in a rod the better. In practice, and with top quality rods, there is little in it, up to a point of course.

Most of the best fly rods these days are in 4 pieces, and I defy anyone who can tell the difference between a top quality 4 piece fly rod and a 2 piece.

Earlier this year I took a 5 piece John Wilson 11 foot Rovex Avon rod to South Africa and did most of my fishing with it. It fitted diagonally into my suitcase. I left it there for when I go to SA again. A super all round rod at a good price.

Drennan are now making rods in two pieces with a detachable handle which screws together in the cork section. A nice innovation as the rods action feels excellent.

I think that there is a lot of work to be done one multi-section coarse rods, 4 piece would be the ideal as you can easily carry these made up in two sections as an alternative.

Ron The Hat Clay said:

Earlier this year I took a 5 piece John Wilson 11 foot Rovex Avon rod to South Africa and did most of my fishing with it. It fitted diagonally into my suitcase

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This was the first piece of new tackle I bought when returning to fishing two years ago and bought as an "all-round" back up and holiday rod. Like Paul, I don't have anything to compare it with but it has always felt 'right' to me and it is my wife's preferred rod for legering. She generally uses the Maver two piece 10'0 for float fishing in preference to any other rod (thankfully this includes my Drennan!).

Like you Ron I would be interested in a four piece in the 11-12'0 length, but there is little or nothing I can find except 8-10'0 rods like:

John Wilson Ideal Spin / Varona - 4 piece

With line ratings between 8-12lbs they look too short and too 'heavy duty' for me.

Ron The Hat Clay said:

In theory, the fewer joints in a rod the better. In practice, and with top quality rods, there is little in it, up to a point of course.

Most of the best fly rods these days are in 4 pieces, and I defy anyone who can tell the difference between a top quality 4 piece fly rod and a 2 piece.

Earlier this year I took a 5 piece John Wilson 11 foot Rovex Avon rod to South Africa and did most of my fishing with it. It fitted diagonally into my suitcase. I left it there for when I go to SA again. A super all round rod at a good price.

Drennan are now making rods in two pieces with a detachable handle which screws together in the cork section. A nice innovation as the rods action feels excellent.

I think that there is a lot of work to be done one multi-section coarse rods, 4 piece would be the ideal as you can easily carry these made up in two sections as an alternative.

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wow I like the sound of this - especially as for some of my fishing I cycle to get there.

So is this rod suitable for commercial method feeder fishing for carp up to 10 lb ? Casing distance max about 30 yards ?

Cheers

Benny

Far better anglers than me rate this rod, if you want to meet up and try it sometime you can borrow mine. Here's the review of it's big brother:

Preview – Rovex John Wilson Avon/Quiver DeLuxe 11-13ft

If Jeff and Ron approve, it must be OK

As available here, but you should get one for under £50 if you shop around

https://www.tackleuk.co.uk/rovex-john-wilson-avon-quiver-travel-p-5700.html

Ian

Fantastic Ian - many thanks looks like exactly what I want , also to be honest I like the idea of kit that can be collapsed in this way , it just appeals somehow.

The whole two piece rod thing is one of the current fashions in the tackle trade. Once upon not a long time ago, you could barely buy a two piece general coarse rod. Now it's getting increasingly difficult to get three piece rods of certain types.

I can accept the theory of the fewer joints the better. However, given a well designed and made rod, I defy anyone to tell the difference.
The real driver in the fashion for two piece rods is that so many folks want to keep a rod set up in a sleeve or hardcase type rod holdall. That's something that was initially seen amongst the carping types. It easily transferred to other specialist types and finally to those that fish commercial type fisheries with rods 12' or less.

I'd not thank you for a two piece rod over 12' in length and I'm very pleased to still have a very unusual set of Daiwa three piece carp rods from the early nineties. While not short enough for angling tourism, they are that much more handy than two piece rods in certain situations (providing you don't want to leave them set up).

Do not also forget that the 'fashion' for two piece rods is further driven by the lower production costs associated with a two part wand.

For me, the fewer the sections the better, multiple section, or telescopic rods are great for travel, no question, but for normal fishing I would find the multiple sections too much of a nuisance.

Apart from match/trotting rods all my rods are two piece apart from a Greys 3-pice 1.75 that I bought some years ago to leave in the car with a small tackle bag for ‘chance’ fishing. The gap between the better quality multi section and two piece rods seems to be closing these days but given the choice I’d always go for the two section leaving the others solely as travel rods.
Jerry

The only problem I have with two piece rods (and my 3pc Excel 17 footer) is that they are a ****** to transport in a Toyota Yaris