Rigged & Ready X Series Travel Fishing Rods. 6 Super Compact, Multi-Functional, Portable, Spin, Bass, Carp, Lure, Float, Fly Combos + Poles. 4 or 6 Tips & 5 to 25 Techniques Freshwater & Saltwater

Those of us who must take a plane to get to a great fishing spot need a well-made and versatile travel rod. This one did not disappoint on a recent trip to Florida. Paired with a Daiwa BG 3000, I caught a nice 3' blacktip shark, and the rod performed beautifully. The manufacturer provides a nice guarantee and extras to make sure you don't go home disappointed. Update: several trips later, the rod still performs well catching specks and other inshore and surf species.

I purchased this rod to bring with me on vacation, and it proved to be the right decision. The rod performed beautifully and was used almost every day for a month straight. Quite a few fish were successfully landed as well, and the rod casted 1 1/2 oz setups with no issue. One thing I did notice was that after continuously casting, I would have to tighten the blank a bit. This is understandable though as I was mainly fishing whipping style with heavier setups. Another thing to note, the case that the rod comes in is very well made as well! As I fastened the case to the outside of my backpack, it unfortunately took a bit of a beating on some of the hikes to the water. Both the case and the rod have remained undamaged though, which is quite impressive.

Pole is great reels are kinda junk for real fishing wear out fast but I recommend it , take it everywhere

I needed a good travel fishing setup for a trip out to Wyoming and this did not disappoint! First, the rod is great, it packs down easy and can really be dialed in for the type of fishing you want to do. First catch on it was a 2lb rainbow trout on the spinning set up, then tried my hand at fly fishing and had fun pulling in little creek chubs. The reels are ok for the total cost, but I may switch in my own spinning reel down the road. Overall, I can't complain at all, no regret with this purchase.

I bought this rod ahead of a fishing trip to the Florida Keys. I purchased one of the most sturdy models offered. See the photo I included in this review. The rod broke on the first fish I hooked.I was flipping a live shrimp and a 1/2 oz. weight and set the hook into what was most likely a 10-15 pound jack. Had to run back to the dock and go buy a rod from a local tackle shop. What a waste of time and money!

I travel world-wide a lot and also ride horses in the mountains. Great lightweight compact pole. I take it and two reels (fly and spinning) and fish whenever I get a chance in whatever conditions I find myself.

I needed a travel rod to bring on vacation. This seemed pretty awesome and looking at the rigged n ready products I ended up going with this one, which I regret. It tries to be useable for so many contrasting things that it can’t be good at any. fot spinning goes, it’s incredibly floppy and just feels like a 20$ Walmart rod. For baitcasting, it’s handle is just completely awful and feels so unnatural. The rod seems durable and “well made”, but from a feel perspective it feels like a floppy noodle you would expect from a crappy Walmart rod. The handle is an utter joke from its attempt to be available for 3 different reels. Honestly it’s a cool concept and some of the other products look like they don’t have some of these issues but this one right here simply tries to be useable in so many different catagories that it’s nothing more than useable. UPDATE: I went with the smuggler rod and it’s much better. Handle is much better and has more guides. I feel like the non-fly fishing capability makes it way more practical thus not sacrificing any cast/spinning ability.

I travel from Boston to Seattle regularly for work. As an avid angler, it is outright shameful to find yourself in one of the most pristine fishing locations 4-6 times a year without a rod. The problem, of course, has always been traveling with all that extra equipment.If this were a vacation I'd have no trouble traveling with the extra baggage, but when you're traveling for work, on an expense account, it turns out fishing equipment doesn't qualify as "necessary equipment" (side note, we should be advocating for fishing at every major accounting school so we can eventually correct this horrific notion).After reading about the backstory of the X5's creator, and his similar frustration trying to find a "travel" rod that could actually meet Carry-On size restriction, I decided I would give it a try myself. And boy did this not disappoint! The rod not only fit into my carry-on but left plenty of room for reels, tackle, flies, etc.More importantly, the rod performs wonderfully. I've used it for both spinning and fly fishing and as you might expect, having a pretty strong backbone, it's sweet spot is spinning. That said, it made an excellent fly rod as well. Paired with a 6wt, I was able to effortlessly lay dry flies with on a stream as well as haul streamers with ease.My only issue was the lack of documentation. A one-sheeter describing each tip and how/when to use them would have been really helpful. I was able to find everything online but I shouldn't have had to search for it.