Equipment failure!!

[Defernaut]

Speaking of rods...
Since I'm going to start trolling this year, I'll need to start gathering the gear, so I marched into Bass Pro Shops Sunday, plastic in hand, to buy 4 Ugly Stick GX2 7 ft Med action rods. I could only find 3, so I handed them to my wife while I kept looking. She noticed that they weren't the same. Even though they were all marked alike, one was at least one and ahalf inches longer than the shortest and all 3 were different lengths. Even the eyes didn't match up when stood side by side.Ther must be some serious quality control problems in China. I put em back. I'll keep looking, and thanks to your heads up, I'll make sure the blank goes all the way to the butt of the rod. Nothing is ever easy is it. Thanks again Wakina. You are a big help.

[Madd Matt]

Defernaut,

I use Ugly Sticks exclusively on my boat... There are other rods I would use just the same but I started with them and just haven't ever wanted to switch all 18-20 rods out at once.

I have seen the kind of variation that you are talking about when looking at Ugly Stick models, but never on exactly identical models.

For a while they made several "1101" rods... They had CA 1101; BWS 1101; SCL 1101; BWD 1101; SP 1101; SPH 1101; SP 1101; CAL 1101

Then each one of those had 5 different variations of action: Example: CAL1101MH; CAL1101H: CAL1101M

I have noticed variations in the rods within the same model, but different actions (MH vs H). And definitely there are differences in a 7' BWS1101 vs 7' BWD1101.

I am not saying that was the case with your rods, but just a heads up to double check that. I have bought the same model and weight rod from multiple sources and even online over the years to replace rods and I have never had a variation like you are talking about when they are identical models and weight.

Tackle stores do a TERRIBLE job of organizing rods. They just throw them up wherever there is room I think sometimes.