I am gonna stick my .02 cents in here, I started with using a regular bass type rod with sabiki, then as time passed I thought the hooks on the sabiki were always getting caught on everything, so I got a sabiki rod and had it shortened for the yak, it is ok, I have to modify the sabiki to fit inside the rod so as not to have any hooks exposed when stowed, but the last few times out where there is a need to make bait I have found myself leaving the sabiki rod home and just brining a fresh sabiki with me and tying it on one of the rods I am going to use that day, and truthfully, I think the latter is a better way, the sabiki rod takes up a holder, when I bring along multiple rods it is an issue, if you just use a rod you have brought along just tie the sabiki on for the bait and then put hte Hammer to it when you are done...IMO just sayin
