Quote Originally Posted by skeetbum View Post
Good find Mike. I have a Sam Heaton in 10’ with the rear seat. Great rod but let me give a warning. The rod you buy may not take well to overhead casting. I split the bottom section of mine when casting to a rising fish. BnM made good on it and replaced it and educated me in the process. I was told that the rear seat rods aren’t the same blank as the regular handle. They are made as light as possible to reduce the weight and because of that they don’t take the loading up generated when we cast a long rod. Made for dipping and underhanded pitching. I will say that i punish mine more than I should and haven’t had any issues in the 2 years I’ve had it. It does a good job keeping those bigger fish coming my way when I pitch into someplace I shouldn’t.
No worries there, wont be doing any sort of casting with this reel attached, pure 100% vertical dipping rod only.

Buck's UltraLight Crappie Reel - B'n'M Pole Company