Which Thorne rod?

I’m looking for a new panfish rod for ice and wondering which of the Thorne bros. rod you guys would choose. It will be used for jigging light jigs mostly. For sunnies crappies and maybe some perch too. Should I be looking at a quiverstick, powernoodle or or maybe a panfish sweetheart. What are your guys opinions of the different rods.

not sure never tried ethier of those rods, ever since i switched to the new ugly stick coark handeled rods, i dont think i would waste money in my opion on anything else.

Oh if you tried any of the thorne bros. rods your mind would surely be changed amazing on what kind of feel a guy gets out of those rods along with an amazing back bone..

Give Crappie Tom (cT) a PM here on the site. He just bought a custom Thorne powernoodle with recoil guides. He’s pretty sold on that rod for his panfishing which is what you mentioned. Those are some fine pieces of equipment.

Try calling the store and asking for Matt or Chris or Pat….these guys can set you up according to your specific needs in a blink. Myself I like the Power Noodles and own several. As Lundgeye just mentioned, I picked up a custom built 32 inch P Noodle with the larger recoil guides for open ice use.

The Power Noodles are a sight rod….you see the hit in the extremely sensitive tip. Don’t count the Power Noodles out in the beefy arena either. My largest fish on a Noodle was a carp of 18 pounds.

The Sweetheart series rods are graphite models and are adaptable to the Thorne springs, which are of themselves a small piece of genius. There is no other spring that will do a better job than the Thorne springs.

The Quiver Stick is a carbon rod and is the epitome of senitivity. A bit stiffer than the Power Noodles, you can feel a gnat breath on the line with a Quiver Stick. As far as a first rate rod with broad range of applications, the Quiver Stick in my opinion is such a rod.

By talking directly with sales personel you can tell them what you are looking for, how much you want to spend and what your fishing needs might are and they can tailor a rod to fit you.

The Thorne custom rods are made right in their store by a wrapper who is the absolute best of the the best. His name is Lonnie and he is the cream of all rod wrapper. You will not be unhappy with Thorne Bros or the rod you choose to have done. Give the store a call.

I have all three in question… if I had to pick just one.. it would be the quiverstick.

I got all three also Luke and the quiverstick gets my nod too cause I am not much of a sight fisherman. I love pounding small jigs and those QS’s have an amazing touch.

My answer is if you sight fish go with the powernoodle but you can feel alot with this rod as well, it has a very sensetive tip that you can see anything with. The quiverstick is the most sensetive rod I have ever touched. the panfish sweet heart is more versitle rod but better for spoons. So pick the one that fits your needs.

You need both in my book, and you will not unhappy…..

I have a powernoodle and LOVE it.

if your a sight guy, get the noodle if your a feel guy, get the quiver stick. im a sight guy, i own a quiverstick and absolutely hate it…. but all 8 of my powernoodles come with me very trip…. its all what you prefer….

ek

Then just asking, you going to sell the QS?

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Then just asking, you going to sell the QS?

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unfortunately no…. it does have its time and place in my rod bag lol

EK