[BIGNYfisher101]

Is anyone familiar with Mitchell Spidercast Rods?

I bought this back in the 90's. Although it's cool looking. I've got to use it.
It was always too big to bring in the cars. That's why I only buy multi-piece rods now.

Here is all the information off the rod.

Mitchell Spidercast
Spectra Composite
Super Line Series
6.5 Med Hvy
Lure Wt: 1/4 - 1 1/4 OZ
Line Wt: Mono 12-25lb
Superline 10/50lb
Model# SC66MHT

Do they still sell these? If so, where? Did these ever come in 2-piece models?

Thx,

 

[Folderol]

I still have the two I bought--a 6-foot spinning rod and a flipping stick. I haven't used either in years. They haven't been manufactured in at least two decades, and I never saw one in a 2-piece model (except that the flipping stick telescopes).

They were specially marketed as braid-ready rods. One of the two competing braid materials in the first years of superlines was Kevlar, which was very abrasive on guides. The Spidercast rods had titanium dioxide guide rings (I think) that could stand up to Kevlar. That line was marketed (only under the Stren brand) for a couple of years. The other "braid-ready" aspect of the rods was their construction of a material that is hard to break. Lots of anglers were breaking rods when they first tried braid, because they did not adjust their hooksets or their efforts to unsnag lures by yanking on their rods. The Spidercast rods, like Ugly Sticks, can absorb shock very well, but they do so at the cost of increased weight. They can be good rods for beginners to use in techniques that don't involve a lot of casting.

 

[BIGNYfisher101]

I still have the two I bought--a 6-foot spinning rod and a flipping stick. I haven't used either in years. They haven't been manufactured in at least two decades, and I never saw one in a 2-piece model (except that the flipping stick telescopes).

Do you have the specs for the flipping stick? How much does it telescope?

 

[Folderol]

My Spidercast flipping/pitching stick is 7'6" long when telescoped out, 6'10" when retracted. It weighs 6.35 oz. It has 6 double-footed guides plus a tip-top that has a housing designed to shed tip wraps by braid. I would describe the action as XF. The info on the blank states:
Model #SC76FPT
7.5 Ft. Flip/Pitch
Lure wt. 1/4-2 oz.
Line Wt. Mono 15-30 Lb./Superline 10-50 lb.