Favorite rods - by fishing type.

[REW]

I am just curious as to the type of rod, brand, action and length that folks favor for various types of fishing.

1. Jig fishing shallow water - to 15 feet.
2. Jig fishing water - greater than 15 feet.
3. Rigging - i.e. lindy style - live bait fishing, with relatively light weights - to 3/4 oz.
4. Bottom bouncer - live bait rigging and or spinner rig fishing with heavier weights to 3-4 ozs.
5. Crank bait fishing.
6. Planer board fishing.

Take care

REW

[Atomic Eye]

REW,

You may wish to consider going back and clicking on "Poll" and inserting these same options?

Atomic Eye -- "Gone Fission!"

[River_eye]

For all my jigging needs, a 6'3 x-fast medium spinning rod

for crankbaits, a 7' really slow action casting rod, rated at med-light, but it's more like a medium.

Those are the two main rods that I use.

[mark brumbaugh]

Here are the rods that I used this year And will the up coming year.

1. Jig fishing up to 3/8 oz -SOS 601 MED series one spinning

2. Jig fishing with jigs over 3/8 oz -SOS 601 MED Heavy Series One spining.

3. Rigging -SOS 701 MED Series One spinning.

4. b-b - up to 3oz -SOC 701 med casting Series One. With a Abu t 3000
bait cast reel this is a sweet outfit. THis reel has a flipping switch on it that will alow you to let line out and will stop the spool and not have to crank the handle.

5. for cranking I use the rod I use for rigging for lite and small cranks and for larger cranks I use my b-b rod & reel outfit.

6. for trolling planer boards I use LSC 7101 MT Lighting rod trolling rod. they have a telescopic handle that helps alot when storing them, they are 7' 10" long. they also work for 3 & 4 oz b-b.

With this line up you will have your rod needs covered. Hope this helps you out.

Mark Brumbaugh

[FROGMAN]

1. G. Loomis WJR-721S Fast tip, light action, 6'2".
2. G. Loomis WJR-742S Fast tip, med. light action, 6'2".
3. G. Loomis HSR-9000S Ex-fast tip, light action, 7'6".
4. G. Loomis WBR-813C Fast action, med. hvy power, 6'9".
5. G. Loomis same as #3 above.
6. G. Loomis WTR-941C Extra fast tip, mag-medium power, 7'10".

I realize that to some this may sound like a Loomis commercial, but the truth of the matter is that I believe in them that much. While some models may be more sensitive than others due to their graphite makeup, I can honestly say that I have never found a G. Loomis rod that I didn't like.

Tight lines

Keith Segar
NPAA #260

[REW]

Kieth,
I was wondering - which of the models G Loomis that you use.
i.e. gl2, gl3, imx, or glx.

I have found that over the years, that as you go from gl2, to gl3 -
then to imx, and then to glx - that the stiffness of the rod seems to go up about one number each.

i.e. from a fishability standpoint - it seems to me that a gl2 - 722 has about the same stiffness as an imx 721 or 720.
Do you notice the same thing?

That is why, I have found that for rigging - although I have an hsr-900s - in the IMX version; that for real finess rigging, with light weights really fish better with the same rod in the gl2. It seems that the imx is a bit too stiff for really light weights.

REW

[FROGMAN]

REW,
I concur. The stiffness factor of each of the types of graphite plays a role in which one I choose for that particular purpose.
I should have been a little more precise in my descriptions, sorry. The Hot Shot Rod is the GL3 which gives me a good compromise of sensitivity, and action to use it as a rigging rod. The added length helps with the hook set as well.
I also use this rod for casting cranks against the shoreline, and even pitching jigs. It's probably one of the more versatile rods I use. I can't afford to have every model that I would like, so have to compromise sometimes.

The other rods listed are the "Walleye" series that Loomis came out with a couple years ago. I started out with the WJR-741S models, and really liked them. I don't believe I ever saw what the exact modulus rating was, but I think they are somewhere between the GL3, and the IMX. They even have different modulus ratings depending which model in the series it is. The "Crankbait" model is a softer graphite designed to facilitate the casting of the smaller, lighter, crankbaits that walleye anglers tend to use.

So like you I have found that while I may like one particular taper, or model, I have to go with a softer graphite to get the correct action for the application I want.
Tight lines

Keith Segar
NPAA #260