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About Fishing Products including Make Your Own => Bass Fishing Products => Topic started by: blakstr1 on March 08, 2006, 10:04:17 AM

Title: Kistler Rods
Post by: blakstr1 on March 08, 2006, 10:04:17 AM
Looking for a great rod for the upcoming season...try Kistler!  Read the article at the link below, a great testiment to the power and quality of the new Kistler Magnesium Series Rods.

http://www.tackletour.com/reviewkistlermg.html
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: Cheetam on March 08, 2006, 08:46:25 PM
I'd really like to get my hand on a couple of these rods, especially the 6'10" Tube bait/Weightless worm rod...
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: Hooksetter on March 08, 2006, 10:56:44 PM
Pretty impressive test results. A friend of mine uses Kistler rods and has nothing but good things to say about them. Maybe I need to try one.
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: blakstr1 on March 09, 2006, 06:29:38 AM
Jeff- 

i put my pre-order in yesterday for one of the mag 6/10 MH trigger all-purpose rods and one of the mag tube weightless worm 6/10 mh spinn rods...i can't wait, guess they will be available sometime in April..
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: Cheetam on March 09, 2006, 10:16:27 AM
Quote from: blakstr1 on March 09, 2006, 06:29:38 AM
Jeff-?

i put my pre-order in yesterday for one of the mag 6/10 MH trigger all-purpose rods and one of the mag tube weightless worm 6/10 mh spinn rods...i can't wait, guess they will be available sometime in April..

That 6'10" MH spin rod is going to be killer.  I'll have to save up my allowance to get one...
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: blakstr1 on March 09, 2006, 10:38:54 AM
when AND IF my wife finds out, i'll probably have a lump or two but...some things are just all out important and worth the pain!  :-\' 

ARE YOU WITH ME?

BTW if any of you make it to BPS tomorrow evening it would be better if we didn't mention this message to my wife, i believe that would be best...she may be small but suffers from a minor rage disorder from time to time.. :o :'(...... ;D
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: dartag on March 09, 2006, 12:03:12 PM
just tell her the price is in Canadian funds.  works at my house..
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: blakstr1 on March 09, 2006, 12:48:20 PM
i suppose because $140 Canadian is like $0.84 American!!  ;D

Works for me!
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: Dan on March 09, 2006, 12:58:47 PM
If you don't mind saying what is the price for those rods. I'm going to be in the market this year for several rods and after reading that article it sounds like a good buy. Been using BPS extremes and happy with those, but a bunch of friends have been buying loomis, but they are pricey.
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: blakstr1 on March 09, 2006, 01:13:57 PM
the Magnesium rods will run about $180.00 retail, but if you look at the link at the top of this string tackle tour directly compares the Mag. rods to the G.Looomis GLX, which is one of their favroite.  The Kistler Mag's did awesome in the test, for a high end quality rod less than $200 is a good value..
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: fiker on March 09, 2006, 04:44:10 PM
Cabelas is selling them in their latest catalog.
I don't know about the store though.
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: Cheetam on March 09, 2006, 07:12:38 PM
Quote from: fiker50 on March 09, 2006, 04:44:10 PM
Cabelas is selling them in their latest catalog.
I don't know about the store though.

I've yet to see one at the Dundee Cabelas...either they are selling out as soon as they get them or they aren't stocking them.
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: blakstr1 on May 04, 2006, 06:59:05 AM
Quote from: blakstr1 on March 09, 2006, 06:29:38 AM
i put my pre-order in yesterday for one of the mag 6/10 MH trigger all-purpose rods and one of the mag tube weightless worm 6/10 mh spinn rods...i can't wait, guess they will be available sometime in April..

Well I finally got my new sticks yesterday, the Kistler Magnesium Rods just began being shipped from the factory this week!  They were definitely worth the wait.  Unless you've held a 3.5oz rod in your mits and still realized its a Medium Heavy Rod, with enough backbone for most any bass, but a tip so fast that you can feel every little pebble on bottom you're definitely missing out.  If I run into any of you throughout the season ask me to take a look at the rods, you'll love 'em and I'm sure I'll always have them with me...heck I brought them to work with me today!!
Title: Re: Kistler Rods
Post by: Cheetam on May 04, 2006, 08:45:21 AM
Quote from: blakstr1 on May 04, 2006, 06:59:05 AM
Quote from: blakstr1 on March 09, 2006, 06:29:38 AM
i put my pre-order in yesterday for one of the mag 6/10 MH trigger all-purpose rods and one of the mag tube weightless worm 6/10 mh spinn rods...i can't wait, guess they will be available sometime in April..

Well I finally got my new sticks yesterday, the Kistler Magnesium Rods just began being shipped from the factory this week!? They were definitely worth the wait.? Unless you've held a 3.5oz rod in your mits and still realized its a Medium Heavy Rod, with enough backbone for most any bass, but a tip so fast that you can feel every little pebble on bottom you're definitely missing out.? If I run into any of you throughout the season ask me to take a look at the rods, you'll love 'em and I'm sure I'll always have them with me...heck I brought them to work with me today!!
Sweet...Kistler has actually updated their website to show some of the rods as being in stock.  The first two runs they did pretty much only covered some of the pre-orders for this new line, so it should be interesting to see how long this shipment lasts.