Old Salt wrote on Nov 12^th, 2010 at 5:16pm:

Why do you want a 2 pc rod? Why not go with a 1 pc?

Well I know everyone has their way but I have found after considerable experimentation that what has worked for me with my spinning gear is a two piece rod split and loaded in a rod case pretty much ready to go.  How various folks carry their rods, lashed or whatever, has been argued to death on this and other sites.  To anyone who has a system that works for them, I say more power to you.  But I've been very happy with the ease of use and accessibility with a 2 piece.  Of course, as Jax points out, baitcasting is a different animal and I'll either have to shell out some serious bucks (G Loomis makes a beautiful 2 piecer but they put a real bite on the wallet), rethink how I want to manage carrying my rod and reel or just forget the whole thing and stick to my spinning gear for backwoods canoeing.