Lotro

Hey Guys,

I had a Shimano Exage Mini Telescoping Rod (TEXBXMTS165L) that I purchase in 2011ish. It's a 5'5" light (1/10-1/2 oz) spinning rod. I LOVED this rod and used it to catch many Smallmouth Bass, and even managed to grab a decent sized pike once. The other weekend I was fishing and my jig got stuck in some rocks. Whilst trying to get unstuck, the rod shattered. Not snapped. Shattered. Into about 6 pieces.

I had it rigged up with a Shimano Sienna 500FB and 4lb trilene. The rod probably shouldn't have exploded, but it had seen a good fight or two over the years in my amateur hands, so maybe it was weakened? I'd like to replace it with the same thing, but I can't find it anywhere.

So, what's your favourite light/ultra-light portable fishing setup?

All packed up, this rod and reel were super small and I could take them pretty much everywhere without noticing it. Despite it's small size, the performance up until this point was spectacular. I miss it already...