Where to get a good quality Telescopic rod

[ihtus]

Need to get a good quality Telescopic rod.

Tried to find some on ebay/amazon, they are good looking but some buyers on amazon are saying that they brake, some are saying they are good.

Did not see any good quality telescopic rods in canadian stores, just some for kids.

A user claimed that Mako brand is a good one, but it's online only.

Any ideas where to get a good telescopic rod? in store? online? which brand?
Thanks

P.S. it's a pity that uglystick does not make any telescopic rod...

 

[cork]

what are you planning on using it for?

 

[staffman]

Is there such a thing ?

 

[Basschaser]

Saw a few at Sail. Can't remember details because I wasn't in market for one. But they carry only quality products.

 

[Tyger]

The Le Baron's catalogue has a few

1. Daiwa Telescopic Muskie rod
2. Shimano Exage Travel rods
3. Shimano Telescopic Trolling Rod
4. No name telescopic spin rod

 

[Zizzo Istokova]

Dont know if you are still searching, but Trabucco makes amazing quality rods. I own couple of them nad cant be more happy with the strenth, reliability and performance.

 

[FishingNoob]

Just to throw my 2 cents in.

I have a little bit of experience with telescopic rods that I take with my when traveling. The one that I chose to purchase is the Catana CX Telespin in medium action.

It's a fairly good rod and has been used to catch bass, walleye and panfish in freshwater and was really put through it's paces fishing on flats for small jacks, bluefish, seatrout and redfish. It is a medium action rod, though so you need to treat it like such, although it is built very solidly as it is a travel rods and these types of rods in general get more abuse from being taken on a plane or packed in a bag.

The action is fairly stiff which makes it great for bite detection or for using lures with it. But I am always careful to keep my weight within the recommended range.