Diver Rods

[UpGrady]

Have a set of old 9' Diawa Great Lakes System rods one setup with Fireline, the other wire. Want to purchase a second set of 10 -10 1/2 footers and rig them identically, so I have two of each.

Trying to decide on the Blue Diamonds or the Heartlands. Don't want to decide on price alone and I have not used either rod.

[Erbyjoe]

UpGrady I bought 2 diawa heartland rods last year and use them for my wire rigs and they are great you can't beat the price and they handle big salmon very easy.

[Billy V]

I'll second the Heartland's. I have several of them on board and genuinely love them. In my opinion you can't beat them, especially at $26/ea.

[mikejonestkd]

We have 4 diawa heartland 9'6" dipsy rods and they are great!!!! No complaints at all. We also have 4 diawa firewolf rods ( dipsy and riggers )and they are good, but not quite as nice as the heartland.

[Fishstix]

Okuma's ,Heartlands are ok but I like the Okumas better.I run mostly dodger flys off the divers. And the Okumas tip seems more sensitive.You can judge your downspeed watching the rod tip. If its pulsing you know your dodger is working right.I run wire dipseys all the time after spring top water fishing. I have downspeed and temp. but I dont need it it when the wires are out.Also I seem to catch more fish out of temp then in temp.Ive still got a couple heartlands that served well for many years. I would say it all depends on how much you fish.How much attention you pay to little details.

[MANIAC]

I have several Heartlands and they work great . Can't speak for the Blue Diamonds cause I never fished with any.

[UpGrady]

Thanks everyone... Poll tells the story... I'm sure more people are using the Heartlands, but they're happy with them for the money.

[SkeinMachine]

OBD here,the heartlands I've used on other boats seem a tad on the stiff side,and don't load up nicely with a diver(IMO)

[big_fishman]

So you guys do not use roller eye for wire? don't they get cut? I am just getting back into this.

[IRISH56]

Some guys like rollers and they seem to work just fine. Wire is really not as abrasive as you would think, I thought the same thing until I fished a while with standard rods w/twilli tips - no problemo.

I use both the Daiwa's and the Okuma's and like them both. I use the Okuma Classic Pro rods though.

DAN

[big_fishman]

Irish,

Thanks, I am still adjusting, the wire I am used to cut the eyes bad.

thanks

[Iceman]

Have been using Shimano 8 ' Talora Roller Guide rods for the last two years, & have very good luck with them. It is so much easier to land a fish due to the very reduced amount of drag from the roller guides vs the reqular guides & twili tip. Still keeping my two Heartland 10" ers with the twili tips for back up though!