Travel rod advice

[sporty1]

Hi guys
looking for a 3 or more piece travel spin rod for use in Tasmanian streams throwing small hard bodies etc for trout. Using 1000 - 2000 size reel. Any suggestions?

[robfish 1]

Hi Sporty. I'm like-minded, as I travel from Melbourne to the Gold Coast a couple of times each year by air, so need travel rods as well. I now have a collection -
Crucis 7244, 4-piece, 2-4kg,
Shimano Quickfire nano, 2-4kg,
T Curve 3-5kg.
I reckon the pick would be the Quickfire - available from the big snake at around $100, 3-piece and very sensitive. I searched through them and found one much lighter than the others, and it fishes 1-3kg really well. It's matched with a Freams 2004, spooled with 2kg braid.
The Crucis is a truly lovely rod, but really needs to be casting upwards of 5gms to get its best - so if you want to cast ultralite h/b's, then the Quickfire handles them nicely.

The several Daiwa travel series, (wilderness and gen' black), get a lot of airplay, but I'm afraid their slower actions just don't do it for me.

[Noelm]

The Tcurve travel series are pretty good value, they make a range of models to choose from.

[davo]

I have the Nitro travel rods and they are excellent but expensive. Recently I bought a Berkley Nomadic 2-4Kg 6'6"spin. I can't believe how nice they are and how cheap they are. Check them out.