Road Runner
Nories' flagship Japanese bass rod family, spanning finesse to power across the STRUCTURE and VOICE sub-lines.
Road Runner is Nories' flagship bass rod family, designed in Japan and organized into technique-focused sub-lines rather than a single graduated lineup. Nories was founded by Norio Tanabe, and the Road Runner rods carry the brand's structure-fishing and hard-bait heritage across spinning and casting builds.
The STRUCTURE NXS sub-line covers the finesse-to-structure end, from ultralight 5'11" spinning blanks to 7'2" heavy casting sticks. The VOICE sub-lines then specialize by presentation: VOICE HARD BAIT SPECIAL is tuned for moving and hard baits with the softer tips and moderate actions that keep treble-hooked fish pinned; VOICE JUNGLE adds heavy-cover power in medium-heavy through extra-heavy models; and VOICE LTT is a casting-focused power series spanning medium through heavy.
Grouping the rods by sub-line lets an angler match a Road Runner blank to a specific bass technique rather than a generic power class.
Shaded band: the spread of the lineup's 55 models, as percentile rank among same-type rods. Solid line = series median · dashed ring = catalog median.
- Models
- 55 43 casting · 12 spinning
- Length
- 5'6"–7'6" 1.68–2.29 m
- Power
- UL–XH 7 classes
- Action
- XF–S
- Line
- 2–30 lb
- Lure
- 1/64–3 oz 0.5–85 g
- List price
- $366.67–$466.67
Rods in this series
55 modelsModel notes
36 of 55 modelsVariable taper
PE MAX #2 compatible
Variable taper
Variable taper
Variable taper
Parabolic taper; treble hook lures
Variable taper
Variable taper
Variable taper
PE line; medium-distance cast taper
Variable taper
Solid Glass Tip spinning; PE line compatible
Solid tip baitcasting
Variable taper
Vacuum glass composite blank
Solid Glass Tip spinning; PE line compatible
Solid tip baitcasting
Elite Spec; PE line
Variable taper
Variable taper
Variable taper; big swimbait
PE line; jungle spinning
Parabolic taper; big swimbait and treble lures
Elite Spec; PE line
Solid tip baitcasting
Elite Spec; vacuum glass composite blank
Elite Spec; vacuum glass composite blank
PE line; jungle spinning
2-piece telescopic; variable taper
2-piece telescopic
2-piece telescopic
Elite Spec; 2-piece grip joint; vacuum glass composite
2-piece telescopic; variable taper
2-piece telescopic; variable taper
2-piece telescopic; heavy cover
2-piece telescopic; heavy cover punching