I've fished quite a bit from my canoes (always sitting down) and got the notion that a 10' rod would work better my 9 footers. Just had to try it, in spite of some old gray beard's advice not too; and, of course, it ended up I could not handle the 10 as well as I could the nines. Later, on eBay, there appeared some bids for that 10 and it now belongs to someone else!

I started with an 8 footer and so that length just naturally fits me. Today my rods run from 7 1/2 to 9, with all slots in-between filled. The nines work fine sitting in the canoe and where I'm wading and distance is a factor.



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