Favorite bluegill rod

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Originally Posted by shooter

6.5 to 7 ' flyod ,nothing that cost more than 30 bucks. these low priced rods listed as 4/5 wt. will kill you if you put any line less than eight wt. on them. i find it takes the heavier lines to load these rods and make them cast well.
as most of our fly fishing is done in timber ,we roll cast ,a typical rod setup is a 6 to seven foot rod with 9 to 10 WT.DT/F line with a hand tied tapered leader not longer than four ft. starting with 12lb. working down to a 6 to 4 lb tippet.

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Interesting setup. Are you using the Eagle Claw fiberglass rods?

The Cabelas "Trout Series" rods have become a favorite of mine. Ended up with every model they had. Sorry to see them discontinued.

yes some eagle claw,the feather lite series,pick them up on ebay for 10-15 bucks,i also build some.
i try to keep the length no longer than 7', fishing in timber i break a lot if tips. the eagle claw rods can take more abuse then most,except for solid glass,which is heavy.

surfafish
i have a couple of those rods,they are great rods ,i do not fish them in the timber though ,creeks only for those.

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Originally Posted by thompmd

Thinking of purchasing a G Loomis sjr700 and wondered if anyone has used this? I tried their U/L rods and thought they were too light.

What does everyone else use?

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For crappie I use Bass Pros Micro Lites 7ft ul and for dipping around trees at Reelfoot for gills a 9-6 Grizzly Elite Jig an Fly rod. Grizzly was about 45 dollars and the Micro Lites are on sale for 30 dollars.

Greetings Shooter,
Great minds thinking alike.... :) I also have a fondness for Eagle Claw glass fly rods. I have a 7ft."Water Seal" model in 5wt. that I have fished for 20 some years. Great rods for roll casting to "redbellies" and "Brookies"

I'm with CrappiePappy on this one!!!! I own 4 Berkley Cherrywood Rods (6'5 length, 2 piece) for Sunfish and Crappie jiggin and 2 Berkley Lightnin Rods (6'5, 2 piece) for finesse jiggin for larger species (Smallies and Bucketmouths). Give up some of the sensitivity with the Lightnin Rods but they have a stiffer, stronger backbone for the bigger fish! Got'em all rigged with different type jigs and colors. And yes, I treat'em like gold!!!! :) :) :)

That is a very nice rod. Enjoy it. Take good care of it; but keep in mind that it is more important that is be used well than it remain pristine!

I love my diawa spinmatic 71/2 footer with a mitchell 308 and power pro 8/1 line. on a 7.5' rod the lil suckers really fight especially when the do that circle thing.

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Originally Posted by crappiepappy

any particular rod, specifically for Sunfish fishing. They bite on the baits I throw with my Crappie rods, often enough to not have to have a special rod for them :D

Were I to pick a specific rod for this purpose ... I doubt I'd spring for a Loomis, even if I could afford one. I'd probably buy a Berkley Cherrywood in a 6.5ft length/med action (around $20-25) and TREAT IT like it WAS a Loomis ;)

.... cp :cool:

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the cherrywood is a great rod just be sure to spine the rod and make sure it don't roll to right or left