Thread: Dock trip+ new cheap rod sliming

I spent about an hour and a half fishing the backwaters at the docks of my closest local water reservoir.
Most of the time was spent slimming my newest rod , a 5’6” UL , $45 rod from Amazon .
In the pictures and in the description, the rod looks like a TFO trout and Panfish rod. But looks is all it has in common with the TFO rods .
First , the Littma Wild Stream 5’6” rod is a two piece rod , the TFO is a one piece rod. Most of the description of the rod is correct except for where they claim the rod is sensitive.
I never felt a fish until the rod was bent .
The TFO rods are described as a fast action , I think they’re more a moderate fast. The Littma is a slow action IMO .
The rod reminds me the 5’6” Daiwa Iprimi . More noodle than I like most of the time .
It is a fun rod to fight fish on . Even a 4” bluegill will put a full bend all the way to the handle . It would be a perfect rod for jig swimming or fishing spoons and spinners . Maybe a small Beetlespin.
I did catch ten gills on it before switching to my 5’ St Croix ULM , that was a lot more sensitive. I could actually feel the takes and a few tail nippers
The last twenty minutes I fished another cheap rod I bought a few years ago , a 5’ Rosewood ULF rod that was the most sensitive of the three .
All together I caught 15 bluegills, a small bass and a fun size grass carp on the 5’ SC Premier ULM , that put a bend into the handle . I was surprised I was able to lift the carp by the 2# Floroclear.
A fun outing .
Edit : the new rod is the light green one in the last pic with a Fuego 1000 Lt .