Fishing Rod Database

A fishing rod reference

Every rod gets a page with its manufacturer specs, a source, and a note on anything that had to be converted or inferred. Search by model code, filter by the numbers that matter, compare rods side by side.

37,245 rods · 193 brands · 6,054 series · updated

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4′5′6′7′8′9′10′12′14′16′ 1/16 oz1/81/41/21 oz2481632 oz Heaviest rated lure Length Spinning Casting
Every rod with a published lure rating, 22,932 of them, by length and heaviest lure. The dark heart at 7′ and 1 oz is the bass market.

Browse by how you fish

Every rod is tagged by the fish it is sold for, the technique it suits, and the fishery it belongs to.

Species · 27 tags
Carp1,477Bass1,120Striped Bass985Musky / Pike836Trout756Bream580Salmon / Steelhead546Smallmouth Bass544 All 27 species →
Technique · 26 tags
Surf / Jetty1,796Inshore1,056Frog1,007Flipping / Pitching955Swimbait931Topwater813Crankbait665Drop Shot410 All 26 techniques →
Fishery · 46 disciplines
Jigging (offshore) · ジギング 1,900 Iso (rock shore) · 磯 1,222 Carp 596 Eging (squid) · エギング 565 Feeder 507 Match float 367 Bolognese 364 Hera (crucian) · ヘラブナ 331 All 46 fisheries →

Editor's shelves

Short rods for wooded creeks

1,342 rods under six feet in ultralight and light power, from Japanese stream rods to US panfish sticks.
Travel rods that pack down

3,955 rods in four pieces or more, with packed length listed wherever the maker publishes it.
Bait finesse casting rods

349 rods built for lures under a quarter ounce on a baitcaster; the editor's own corner of the sport.
Bass rods from the Japanese makers

317 rods tagged for bass from Daiwa, Shimano, Megabass, Evergreen, Deps and Jackall, casting and spinning, with the JDM power scale explained alongside.

Recently added

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Olympic Calamaretti TR · 2 rods Spinning, 6'5" to 6'7", 2024 Oct 22 Olympic Spada RV · 1 rod Spinning, 5'8" Oct 22 Olympic Supra Prototype · 2 rods Spinning, 8'2" to 9'2", 2026 Oct 22 Olympic TR Finesse · 1 rod Spinning, 6'10", 2026 Oct 22 Olympic Veloce Forza UX · 3 rods Spinning, 7'2" to 7'7", 2026 Oct 22 Olympic Veloce RV · 12 rods Casting and Spinning, 6'3" to 7'4" Oct 22

Guides

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Featured · 9 August 2026 European Fishing Rods: A Comprehensive Guide for the American Angler By A. Anders The All-Around Rod: A Data-Driven Guide to Versatility and What It Costs Jun Best BFS Rods: A Data-Driven Guide Jun Rod Action Explained: A Data-Driven Guide Jun

Catalog log

Rods added to the database, by day. Counts are read from the database when this page is built.

3 new brands: Olympic (255 rods, 64 series), Yamaga Blanks (137 rods, 27 series), 34 (32 rods, 5 series) · 424 rods

3 new brands: Ocean's Legacy (204 rods, 18 series), WEFOX (44 rods, 13 series), Nature Boys (39 rods, 6 series) · 287 rods

Added to Penn (87 rods, 1 new series), Gamakatsu (16 rods, 3 new series), Shakespeare (13 rods, 1 new series), Tailwalk (8 rods, 2 new series), Duckett (6 rods, 1 new series) · 130 rods

Added to Shimano (77 rods, 13 new series), Major Craft (25 rods, 1 new series), Shakespeare (7 rods, 1 new series) · 109 rods

Added to MiFine (30 rods, 6 new series), Tsurinoya (18 rods, 5 new series), PureLure (8 rods, 2 new series) · 56 rods

Added to Shimano (39 rods, 9 new series) · 39 rods

Added to Nissin (524 rods, 57 new series) · 524 rods

10 new brands: Tenkara Tanuki (21 rods, 1 series), Wasatch Tenkara Rods (13 rods, 1 series), DRAGONtail Tenkara (10 rods, 1 series), Tenkara USA (8 rods, 1 series), Zen Tenkara (7 rods, 1 series), Mirna Mora (6 rods, 1 series) and 4 more brands · 83 rods

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193 brands, from Shimano's 3,629 rods down.

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