Quote Originally Posted by Bert View Post
Just Bass, thanks for the reply. Great collection you have assembled. What would be a good setup to cast 1/16 oz jigs for crappie with 4lb mono? There's all sorts of videos on Youtube and not sure what to start with, reels from $70 to $500. Not nearly as much info on the rods. Most look pretty stiff and seem to have a higher line rating (2-8 lb). Seems like the rods would need to be pretty flexable to handle lighter lures.
Most of my rods are not super flex mostly stiff blank and fast tip since I’m mainly a bass guy. Most of my are BFS bass rod which is different for trout with moderate blank. For crappie, the one that is pretty popular among starter BFS is Kuying Teton UL and Light rated (trout rod). Anyway all my setups can handle 1/16oz jig with plastic no problem. If you are not gonna try to cast “trout magnet” or go below 1/16oz jig head, any shallow spool reel should work fine. You can start from Abu Promax and buy shallow spool for it, or you can buy any of those Chinese reels that seen often from those YouTube guys.