My favorite rod of all time would have to be the 10-footer my dad took me surf-fishing with when I was 13. I caught a 2# sea trout (aka weakfish), and we went back to the little mom 'n' pop shop in Lewes, DE where he'd bought the pole, the tackle, and the squid we used for bait, and they took my picture and hung it on the wall. That picture hung in that shop for 10 years or so. Dad doesn't have that pole any more, and I couldn't even tell you what make/model it was, but it was my favorite.