I,ve used 2 of them for several years and they are the best rods I've used in ov
er 60 years of fishing ,bar none. Big Fish catcher

I wouldn't put one in the trash compactor, but they are probably the best rods available under $100, especially if your tackle is exposed to rough handling or a lot of being transported in a car trunk or pickup bed. Tom

For me Ugly Stik is the best rod you can get. They just came out with jigging rods and a couple other series. I have an Ugly Stik Tiger and a regular spinning rod. They work real well for me!!! Get one, it will be worth it!!!

I have had an Ugly Stick for decades now. I bought mine when they first hit the market. It has been through every kind of fishing I could throw at it and it's still going strong! I've doubled that pole over tip to tail many many times and it's still like new. It's my opinion that, YES, they are every bit as good as they say they are.

The ugly stick is basically a rite of passage to a becoming a real fisherman.

Seriously though, it will provide you the standard by which any future rod purchases you will own in your lifetime.

No complaints with the two I have. My Rhino Kevlar is more bulletproof though I think.

I've caught several 10 to 15 pound cats on my ugly stick ultra lite. They gave the reel a workout, but I never doubted the strenth of the pole.

The guides started coming off on mine which wasnt the best time when you have a fishin on. That and my abu reel wouldnt fit in the seat right my shimano would tho. But i don't think i would ever get another

Every one i know of has had great experiences with Ugly Stiks. I would encourage you to buy won. It would be worth the money! Also, i do 't kniow if its just in my state but if you by an Ugly Stik pole you can send 6.00 in and get a free tackle box. I just bought a Ugly Stik Tiger rod yesterday along with Abu Garcia 5600C4 Baitcsaster. By the way i graduate in 2014, how old are you?

Posted By JoelW on 22 Jun 2010 12:42 PM
Every one i know of has had great experiences with Ugly Stiks. I would encourage you to buy won. It would be worth the money! Also, i do 't kniow if its just in my state but if you by an Ugly Stik pole you can send 6.00 in and get a free tackle box. I just bought a Ugly Stik Tiger rod yesterday along with Abu Garcia 5600C4 Baitcsaster. By the way i graduate in 2014, how old are you?

im 15 i will be 16 in november

they are a good rod for the price but they're ugly as hell, in the same price rage you can get a berkley lightning rod , i love em.

Ugly Sticks are hard to beat--although I haven't tried them in the trash compactor!  They stand up under Grand kids and Grand dads.  They have a wide range of rods to meet most every need.  I spent some time building rods for myself and friends and soon discovered how much time and money it took.  Which leads me to say:  "Hard to beat for the cost."  Spend your spare time fishing. I really enjoy their ultra light versions although I have a nine footer that I red fish inshore with.  As my grand kids have gotten older I have given them the medium six or seven foot versions.  Give it a try, by the time you need a better rod the rod companies will be wanting to put your name on it for endorsements.  Good luck and good fishing!  Uncle Tom

Posted By lsfields420 on 26 Jun 2010 12:34 PM
they are a good rod for the price but they're ugly as hell, in the same price rage you can get a berkley lightning rod , i love em.

I like the Berkley Cherrywood rods too. I have 2 of them in light and medium action.

JUNK. Do they break? NO. Are they any good for fishing other than maybe throwing a small crankbait or spinnerbait on the weekends sometimes? NO There is "REAL" tackle out there that is way under $100.00 that puts them to shame. Take a look click the link in my signature.

Exactly why I say it will provide one with the standard to measure all other rods.

Do you get paid to advertise websites?

Tackle Warehouse is a bass oriented store.  To compare ugly sticks to technique specific bass tackle is kind of a moot point.  Of the few baitcasting rods for ugly sticks they're basically multipurpose rods that fare decent as a cranking rod for up to medium diving cranks.  I've sat there in the store making two benchmarks comparison between a medium 7' ugly stick lite right next to a G.Loomis medium 7' crankbait rod.  Wave each rod in a practice cast, gave each rod a tuning fork test, and held each rod to check for balance.  In the end, they both compared about head to head.  No doubt the G.Loomis will have an edge in crispness on a load.  However a $40 price tag compared to a $240 price tag is paying a lot for a slight performance upgrade to say the least.  Each rod has it's own reputation and one could probably do a few lure tricks on the G.Loomis rod that the ugly stick can't do.  However for dummy cranking, the ugly stick gets the job done basically the same.

For walleye fishing, there a few tournament pros that find the ugly sticks very well suited for certain techniques.  Probably for lindy rigs or trolling crawler harnesses.  However the ugly sticks (and ugly stick lites) are pretty much no longer offered in longer lenghts of UL to ML power.  They've basically come in short UL rods to longer M rods.

My two favorite ugly stick lites are a two piece 6'6" UL and a one piece 5'9" ML rod.  The 6'6" UL rod makes for an excellent lindy rig rod mainly for walleye.  The 5'9" ML rod makes for an excellent small crank rod that I use to target panfish and trout.  I will say that the ugly sticks tend to feel a bit heavy, but the rod action has just the right performance that gets the job done.  It has an unwavering ability to jerk a micro minnow just right to get some sassy bass to take it, that I just can't seem to reproduce it on any other rod.

Bottom line is, the fish don't care what you're using, it's how you use it.  Better tools will allow you to do a better job, but not always even with a bigger price tag.

really good rods. hade mine 5 y still good

Ugly Stick rods are one of the toughest out there however they are a heavy rod and if you plan on casting cranks and spinnerbaits all day your arm will ware out quickly. I know your young and probebly have limited funds I would suggest looking into a St Croix MOJO Bass rod for around $90 and made in the US. They weigh in at around 3 oz,s and cover a wide range of rods to choose from depending on what type of lure you want to throw and they won't ware you out. I fish a Pro Circut and have 15 St Croix rods and all are paired up wtih Pflueger bait casters and l love every one of em.

Harry