Quote Originally Posted by TXPanfisher View Post
In the stickied thread, I mentioned I had narrowed it down to this rod and the Rockin' Finesse. However, the Rockin' Finesse has been OOS for months from what I can tell which has me looking more closely at this one. I mainly fish for bream and crappie. The bream at the local place I fish the most aren't the most impressive so I'm wondering if the Lunakia is too much rod for those fish? Or will they still put a decent bend into the rod?
Small bluegills make it interesting enough on this rod. Crappie would be big fun.

But, if you are not going to be fishing except where little fish live, the 63 Lunakia would likely be a better option.

If you could find one, the 67 SUL Slow taper special Eradicator from Abu Garcia Japan would be ideal for what you are looking for.

In my opinion the sheer versatility of the 610 Luna is why it shines to me. It is fun with all sizes of fish, smaller fish aren’t just buckets of fun, but light line and loose drag help there. I travel for work, at any given time I could be anywhere between St. Paul, Mn or New Orleans on the big rivers, I always travel with a rod or two, my Luna has caught smallmouth and crappie out of the river in lacrosse, Wis and then two weeks later I was catching cichlids out of City Park lagoons in NOLA. I can drop shot with 3” inch gulp minnows and 1/4oz weights for smallmouth, size that down to a 1” inch gulp minnow and I’m slaying bluegills, yellow bass, white bass etc. with a spool change on the Luvias I’m throwing .5 gram jigheads with trout magnets, another spool change and I’m throwing 3/16-1/4 oz blade baits in the river currents.

My 610 Luna, 2020 Luvias with 2 spare spools with me and I can catch fish pretty much anywhere, and nearly any game species shy of the monsters. Most importantly, I’m having a BLAST doing it.


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