Blast From The Past

[airedale]

Did a search on pack fishing rods and this came up, I remember the infomercials and surprised it is still around and for sale.

Al

 

Leave the hectic hustle and bustle of life behind and enjoy a care-free day of fishing with the Ronco Pocket Fisherman, it’s the product feared by fish everywhere!

[GreeneHunter]

Years ago I bought one of those on Ebay ... worked pretty good !

[wolc123]

I’ve got one but never used it.  I like a cheap telescoping rod a lot better for travel.  Fits in my suitcase just as well when retracted, yet still gives you a long rod for easy casting and to wear down fish.

 

Had I not had it with me on a work trip when a blizzard stranded me in SanDiego on opening day of deer season last year, I’d have missed out on this consolation prize:

 

 

[Farflung]

The RONCO Pocket Fisherman. Had them for my two grandsons, before they graduated to Dock Devils. I think the guy that Hawked them on TV was Ron Popeil (or something like that)

[airedale]

I ended up with a Diawa Mini Spin take down, comes in a case that can be used to carry some tackle. It will fit in my motorcycle bags, I ride the dirt roads up on the tug and sometimes fish small steams, I drift salted buckeye minnows into culvert pipes that go under the roads for little Brookies. I also have a decent telescoping rog that works well.

Al