Hey guys, welcome back to Beaching Fishing. Paul here again with you and this is my site
aimed at just shopping around with your fishing stuff. I love fishing and I like writing about
it. I like writing about rods and reels, I like checking them out, seeing what's out
there. So that's what I'm doing. So today, I have here, we're going to look at my three
fishing rods for kids. Now, so effectively rods and reels combo sets we're looking at
What's the G for me, right? Fishing rods for everyone's needs, no one means. And my title
wasn't too long and all the other stuff you don't really care about, but we're looking at my three fishing rods for kids. Now, the angle that I'm coming at today for this is
as I've written in the post, I went fishing with some friends of mine the other day, we
got fishing quite a bit. Sean and I, we took the kids to the fish pond, my niece said they
showed an interest and I thought, they show an interest, get me out there. And they, Sean
had a couple of, if you go to the department stores, and I don't want to say department
stores because I don't want to slam their products, but you gather any department stores
that you have around the place, you'll find there that they most of them will sell you
a kid's rod and reel pack, normally comes with a little bit of bait, some soft bait
a little bit of tackle throwers, some soft plastic, maybe the line's ready to cast, normally
cost between 15 and 20 dollars. And you get them out there, the rods are normally okay
the reels disintegrate within about 30 seconds, if not, if they're plastic they'll fall apart
if they're not, they'll rust. And that's the biggest problem with them, you're replacing
them all the time. So what I want to look at today is some other options you've got
based on fishing for ripped kids. Now, I've sort of tried not to write the post in the
comments anymore that all kids can't fish because there's a lot of kids that really can fish, but I'm trying to look at it more from the angle of this is what they need
this is the size, this is how it works, so on and so forth. So that's where I'm coming
from with it. And to that end, we're trying to get away from those little cheaper nasty
kits that you can buy for kids because in the long run you'll end up paying more and
more and more as you need to replace them. I've got about four in my lifetime and I've
got a couple of the rods actually that generally aren't too bad for a kid, don't even know
that, I've just cut them. But the reels have the same. So what I'm looking at today is
the rod and reel. I'll start with the rod, so I'll take the reel off the rod so I can
work it a bit better here. And I'll get my little camera on, it's not going to come off
easily. There you go. Okay, so we've got the reel. This is a beta spin reel, E-Feeder
is what they're often called, to get in the head with it. Very, very versatile and easy
reel for kids to use. If you go onto Amazon and you search for kids rod and reel, there's
a lot of ones they call spin casters. They're little reels, they're all in one bit, they
have a little button back, two presses the button, out, slides the line, then they get
drilled in and it works. They can be cheap, they can be nasty, they tend to fall apart
and I've seen them tangled quite often with kids as well. So to be honest, I'll avoid
them. There's obviously when it comes to fishing baitcaster reels, there are, I thought I was
going to start with rods didn't I? And there's post-caster rods, but I'm talking about reels
now so let's put that real. You've also got baitcaster type surf rods, surf reels, boat
reels, etc. So again, I haven't written about them in this post because my humble opinion
is and having got three children and having fished with all of them, these were the best
I've had less trouble with kids with these sort of reels. You could see a whole group
of us when my girls were younger and we'd go out to one of the local Red Locks where
I lived near where I live and there'd be 30 kids fishing on the side of those banks on
the river there on the estuary there and anyone who had one of these, there's a lot easier
to manage for them than any other thing that you've got there. So my recommendation is
get a, make sure it comes with a spinner reel. Spinner reels, they are made, oh this one's
got a synthetic stuff, I think it's a trevallis in the US. It's 2000 size, so it's a small
size, it's a physically small reel which is the only problem I have with it. Trying on
my son is that he struggles, if he's got something really big on him he actually struggles to
get it to turn because it's so small. But, nice and light, so you're looking for a light
reel, you're looking for something that's aluminium or graphite or carbon or the synthetic
stuff, this is one of the harder, almost hard synthetic could be in carbon or fiberglass
isn't it, I was checking them off when I bought it. This one's got five ball bearings in it
some of the ones I've shown here have only got two. The more ball bearings you get for
the tyre, the better, anything that's smoother for kids. Stainless steel in your bale and
fully enclosed inside there, the drapes at the front, that's still on top quite, I might
have to wait a minute to get that off, I won't take off it. All the enclosed drapes, this
mezzanine is enclosed and won't come apart. It's waterproof, that's what you want. That's
all of the enclosed and waterproof. This is a stainless steel, lightweight, it's not carbon
or fiberglass or aluminium, it's stainless steel so it won't rust. Easy to maintain
rinse them off, pull that off, that comes apart and that will work fantastically for
a tyre. This is a 2000 or a 2000, which means it can take up to about two to six pounds
generally, six pounds probably the absolute limit, which is good for kids again because
these kids generally, you take them to places generally where they catch more of this, which
would be taking them to places where they might get snagged and the like. But I caught
some quite big fish in this, I'll actually sneak this kind of out of my kayak because
it's nice and light, this is easy to use on a kayak and I've got a six pound, I've got
an eight pound braid on here which is again the extreme limit of what you'd want but it
works. I've caught a 77m blackhead on this one though, which is 70cm, is two and a big
foot, about 37 inches of foot, so that's two and a big foot. Yeah, quite heavy, caught
it quite well. And reverse twisters are good if you can find them for kids because reverse
twisters definitely won't go back, kids have a tendency if they go backwards they sit there and go like that when they're bored, or my son did anyway, again probably my son's the
same thing and they don't get snagged as long as that doesn't work. So that's helpful
Most of them have a switchable handle so you unscrew that there, that unscrews, then you
pull that out, turns it around the side and comes back to right handed. And this one has
a little fishing line holder there as well which is another option if you want. So that's
the reel, get yourself a good, solid, lightweight, rust free, maintenance free reel, no pompom
The rod, I've only got the half joint here, this one is a 6 foot fibre glass rod, very
light, got the other half here, so you can see the 6 foot there. Got stainless steel
o-ring, stainless steel guide, which looks like something, if you can find something
fibre glass or plastic or something o-ring, just glides through a bit better, makes it
a bit easier for casting. Nice soft handle, EDA is good, this one's an EDA collar, you
can get rubber cork, it's quite good, it's quite light, although it's a bit too thick to cast cork. When I've had kids, I'm then going back to the 30 kids that we've come
down to all families at Red Rock, I'm just talking about what these kids do, can do and
do. And there's some that have always got fantastic fishermen, but again they got bored
and they wound up back with an egg or a chip saw, this stuff, or they'll pick up oyster
shells and toss away at the cork. I'll throw them, anything you can think of they'll do
and they don't. I bring my rods in real time after I've used them, I'll read them specifically
under the tap, under the hose, they kids don't do that, they throw them down, if the adults
don't know to do it they don't get clean for ages, so low maintenance, awesome job
So this one as I said, 6 foot fibre glass, it's a medium action, so it's sort of bending
towards the middle there, it's not too wicky and it's quite, again it's not too wicky
I didn't want a real wicky one for Connor because it would look like that and he ended
up with these things in the trees above. So I like a medium one, nice and light, fibre
glass, about 5.5 to 6 foot will work great. The kids, the little ones I call 4 foot, they're
a little bit, they're fine, you can probably beat the 4 foot ones with that
When you're thinking about purchasing your rod and reel, think about the location, again
a carp and mollusk is the same boat, where we fish down at Red Rock there, where we generally
fish, there's a whole row of rocks and weeds. Conn can cast over them which is where carp
just go into the natural or the fish hang out, he can do that but he's got to learn
to pull it in quick, so again a 4 foot rod for a kid, the main thing, might not be able
to get up that high, so if you're drawing them back over sand, like weeds and rocks
and oyster beds and stuff, maybe a slightly longer rod gets it up high and they can pull
it in quite quick and get over the top of that. Also if they've got a cast a bit further
make sure you try and find a gutter or a hole. Again if they're going to take it to the surf
you might want a slightly longer for them as well. The little ones, 2 foot 3, I can't
handle that big of a rod anyway so you're going to have to take them to a place where you can and I'll pretty much discuss all the other aspects of it. The post does list all
of this information, talks about everything, be it the bale and the reverse and frame of
deal and what it's made of and what you should be looking for and the like, so have a good read through that. But as I've said, a good solid, lightweight, strong, maintenance free
reel, spinner reel, and a nice light fiberglass carbon, look Fisherman's Rocks Chemical Graphite
carbon fiberglass and a hybrid with 2 quite often. I don't produce much of an adult, I've
been forever young, I've got all types and I like to think of myself as a fairly experienced
experienced Fisherman. I really see the difference between, it comes down to personal preference
I'm quite a professional angler who only fish with the heaviest action and the slowest
beam. It's like picking up a fishing rod length grit, you can cast at a mile or two which
you shouldn't be able to do with those sorts of rods. Standard preference carbon fiber
is strong and light, graphite is a bit more sensitive, especially if you have graphite
kits, fiberglass is good all around rods, don't need to maintain it as much, just rinse
it off, it's mainly about rinsing off the eyelets because even though that's stainless
steel they do still rust on the helmet. Okay, so with all that in mind, let's just jump
over to the post quickly and I'll just show you my 3 recommended ones that I've come up
with that are around at the moment. So you can see there the picture of the one I've
got, that's all the details of the one I've got. I set Conor's drag fairly tight when
he's using it, otherwise he can't get through the snag, through the weed, to get the pick
up, sometimes right down the leaf net. Okay, so I've got 3 options here, the first one
is a Waisman Swarm, been rodding reel combo, it is 5.5 foot, couldn't find the power rating
on this one, 2 piece fiberglass EBA handles, so that would be nice and light, 5.5 foot
is a good length for children, size 2 or 2000, I'll talk about that up here as well, so you
can see the top of the line and the reel size. Yeah, so I've got 2 ball bearings, the Raystar
521, this one that I was looking at before is a size 1x1, means it brings in 5.2 rounds
of the spool to every time you turn the handle, which is great, it does bring in quite quick
Mine's aluminium, I didn't like this one, oh sorry, I'm not talking about mine anymore
I'm talking about the bigger rod and reel, so yeah 5.5, 2 piece fiberglass, 2000, size
2, which means you could get probably 2-6 pound on there. 2 ball bearings, 5x2-1 Raystar
made of aluminium, there is a drag on it and a tweaked line holder and inflatable winder
Lightweight and same as the O-Rings, which is what I mentioned before you want. As I
mentioned this one is good, it's lightweight, it is cheap, which means there are a couple
of reviews now that they had trouble with the reel because it was a cheap build, yes
that can, some people do find that, but there's a lot of good reviews on that one which is
why I chose it and for 20 bucks, I mean, if you're going to spend 20 bucks on those cheap
rod and reel builds, you might as well spend 20 dollars on this one, this one will last you a lot longer and you can see the color, it's too bright, there's green on this one
green, but there's a maroon one, there's brown on the blue one, I need some memory
So it just consumes your color as well, I love that. Okay next one, Abugar Steel, which
is a well known brand, huge reel and fishing rod combo, I don't know why I couldn't say
that, 40 bucks this one, a bit more, and it's only got 4 reviews, there is, if you click
on that, you'll see on that page it's got a previous version, this is a newer model
it's got all fancy trimmings on it, I've seen pictures and stuff like that, and it's built
for children with all the stuff that's built, it's a famous bass fisherman in the US, I
didn't recognise him but I did search him up, he's quite well known, and he's designed
it for kids. Ring 5.5, light to medium power, 1 piece fiberglass, it could be 2, I couldn't
find that exactly there, and EVA handle, size 2, 2 bearings, 5-2-1, lightweight graphite
body and rotor, drags on the front, the only problem with this one is it doesn't have a
reverse switch, but it does have a line holder, does have an internal winder, and lightweight
composition, Romain requirements, as I mentioned it's built for kids, it's got all the composition
you want for children, and at $40 it's a little bit more expensive than the one above, but
I think this one would last you a little bit better, and I would have told you this is
the best one. And again, there's a couple of options, you could actually choose one, this is a brakecaster, if you really love brakecasters and want your kids to get used
to them, you can buy one of these as a brakecaster, and it's a cheap one too. Okay, and my third option, Tarskin 10x spin combo, this is a 6 foot reel, rod throw, I've
picked this one because I, you know, obviously kids grow up, so if you're looking to buy
something for a teenager, or someone who's a little bit older, or a little bit bigger
and, or a second rod for someone who's grown up as a youngster with a smaller rod and you
want to come up to one that's a big one, this is a good option for it. It's strong, it's
a good size, and it could be used for anything, kids could play with band setters, play at
surf, or even in a boat. The boy next door to, boy next door to our neighbour is, I think
he's 16, 12, he has a little tinny that he may start to redlock with, he's got, I looked
at his rods the other day, he's got, his rods are all around this, like this, and he, you
know, he catches everything on them. Big reel, the big flathead he goes out with dad in the
boat when there's no swell on the ocean, he goes in the close of the ocean and headlands
on it and he uses the crane line for everything. So that's why I've chosen this one. 6 foot
there are longer options, so I think you could get 700mm 8 foot, medium fast action power
2 piece graphite and EVO handle. Size 2, so if that was for the 6 foot, if you went for
the 7 or 8 foot it actually goes up to a big bat, size 4 and 6. So if you went 8 foot you'd
end up with a 5, 6 foot and you could just put the ring in on it, but younger kids would
handle that very well. Good amount of bearing, good ratio, graphite, stainless steel, everything
is included inside, very low maintenance which the builders at, extremely light and concrete
handles and sizing bus, so if you've got a 6 you can push the bus up against your stomach
or the top of your hip and it won't hurt you as much. So as I mentioned this is a great
rod for older children or more experienced children who want to fish a bit more. Not
so much for the super young ones, mainly because the rod might be a little bit thick, the reel
will be fine because it's quite light but if you want a longer rod it's a real throw
But yeah, the larger kids, all that, really, really good option there and for 65 bucks
that is well worth it. I think they'll last them up to adult hood if you get them to the
room set up when they're thin, that one will last you to adult hood, be used for an adult
hood. Again, a bit longer you can set up if you need to. Okay guys, that's my 3 best fishing rods for kids. Not surf rods, fishing rods for kids
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