I use a variety of rods, including the Huckabee Pulling Rods and a Pro Series. I had a Meat Draga but just preferred the others so sold it. The only gripe I have about the Huckabee Pulling Rods are they seem heavy compared to others I use. The Pro Series doesn't seem quite so bad. I use the Huckabees for specific techniques but fish many different ways so also use other rods. Favorites are the inexpensive Pro Angler rods in 8 and 10' lengths. I probably use them as much as the Huckabees. The Pro Anglers are strong, yet light and sensitive. I also use many others rods I have accumulated over the years fishing for Walleye/Saugeye and when I fished for Bass. Probably my favorite brand of those is Falcon in both the BuCoo and LowRider series. I also use about a 50/50 mix of spinning reels and baitcasting reels. Most of my baitcasters were picked up on Ebay and almost all have a flipping switch. That comes from years ago fishing bass tournaments in the Tommy Biffle style. It works extremely well on Crappie rods such as the Huckabees. Now, about line...

I have used braid for over 20 years but it is still not my favorite line, except for certain applications. I have it on some of my spinning reels but only one baitcaster on a 7' All Star rod that hasn't been made in many years. I almost exclusively use that rod, reel, line combo for fishing bridge pilings. When I use braid I use primarily Power Pro 10/2 Yellow. I started out years ago heavier but found I prefered the light line. My Go To Crappie line is Viscious PanFish Yellow. I use it for brushpiles, traditional long lining, Cranking, strolling (what some Okies call long lining), casting, spider rigging, corking (both fixed and slip float) and the float and fly technique. The Viscious is a co-polymer and is used in different weights between 4 and 10lb depending on the technique I'm using. I have used almost all the yellow mono or co-polymer lines and have never found one that I preferred to it. It's inexpensive and I keep a supply on hand all the time. I like Power Crappie fishing as much as anyone but I also prefer many of the traditional techniques of the South Eastern US...

But , then, I still use tubes so I'm different.