Twitching , long rods , wrist pain ?

This is aimed mostly at us older guys , I would think .
But I noticed it again tonight after fishing this morning for a couple of hours with one of my 6’6” rods .
It wasn’t a heavy rod , probably one of my lightest for its length . But the wrist on my twitching hand aches a little tonight.
Not enough to make me stay home tomorrow if I get a chance to wet a line , but it’ll be with a shorter stick .
Not the first time it’s happened.
Probably need to leave those over six feet for float fishing .
Just an observation.

Instead of "twitching" with the whole rod (whatever length) ... use your trigger finger on the line coming off the spinning reel and "pull the trigger" rapidly, if you know what I mean. :ThumbsUp

Good share Pappy

I reached this point several years ago. For quite a while now I have been purchasing rods that are sub 2 ounces and reels that are 5 ounces or less. It just makes for a more pleasant fishing day. One of the best ways to fish a Trout Magnet for trout is under a float drifting. But one really needs a a 9 foot rod to do this effectively one the river. About 15 years back it was the only way I fished a TM for trout. But I had to give it up and nowadays I don't have anything longer than a 610 rod. To me it is just too tiring to fish that way now.


Regards

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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

I reached this point several years ago. For quite a while now I have been purchasing rods that are sub 2 ounces and reels that are 5 ounces or less. It just makes for a more pleasant fishing day. One of the best ways to fish a Trout Magnet for trout is under a float drifting. But one really needs a a 9 foot rod to do this effectively one the river. About 15 years back it was the only way I fished a TM for trout. But I had to give it up and nowadays I don't have anything longer than a 610 rod. To me it is just too tiring to fish that way now.


Regards

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Randy , before I discovered twitching and fell in love with it , I did a lot of float fishing.
I’ve tried to mix in some float fishing back into my fishing but I don’t seem to have the patience and confidence in it to stick with it .
I had started float fishing because of shoulder issues I developed fly fishing .
I’d tie my favorite bluegill flies in a 1/80 jig and with a weighted 3/4” snap on float , I was able to fish my “flies” with ultralight spinning tackle.
I’ve been an UL fan since a teenager,.
I love my short rods and so far it doesn’t seem to bother twitching using them .
I think my attraction to twitching is a holdover from my many years of fishing plastic worms for largemouth bass .
And my discovery of tungsten beads to build my micro jigs has added to my twitching addiction.
I live for the thump .

I might add , I used to love catching gills on a foam hopper and small poppers using an UL flyrod, and hadn’t discovered a way to do that with UL spinning until recently I found “ Ga Boy Outdoors “ on YouTube.
He’s figured out a way to cast a foam spider on spincast equipment and catches some mighty fine Bluegills and Redbreast on his trips , sometimes with his young son Colt .
This summer I will be tying some large foam spiders and with his method will be trying to chase some panfish on topwater .
Seeing and hearing a bluegill bust it on top is right up there with feeling the thump !

On the hand holding reel , stick first finger to allow line to hit it . Could move finger in / out to change irattic retrieve .

I’m pretty sure it’s the rod length that’s causing the issue , not total weight of the combo .
I can fish one of my older Stradics that weigh 7+ ounces on a five foot St Croix rod , that gives a butt heavy or neutral feel , and not have any issues with my wrist .
I’m thinking with the longer length weight on the tip as it’s extended, moving the pivot point farther away, making my wrist work harder to twitch .
I have plenty of shorter rods that I enjoy using .

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Originally Posted by gillchaser999

I might add , I used to love catching gills on a foam hopper and small poppers using an UL flyrod, and hadn’t discovered a way to do that with UL spinning until recently I found “ Ga Boy Outdoors “ on YouTube.
He’s figured out a way to cast a foam spider on spincast equipment and catches some mighty fine Bluegills and Redbreast on his trips , sometimes with his young son Colt .
This summer I will be tying some large foam spiders and with his method will be trying to chase some panfish on topwater .
Seeing and hearing a bluegill bust it on top is right up there with feeling the thump !

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In reference to your rod choice for certain type or style of fishing, pure speculation at this time, I'd like to add that was the reason behind most JDM rod design ( it wouldn't hurt also to sell more rods). For example, like majority of Japanese Tanago anglers using 1 bamboo-made Tanago rod and a tiny hook would be considered waste of time for those chasing fish number, but it's more sporting. Case in point, while Sabiki rig works great catching tons of jacksmelts by the bucket, my now most favorite rods for chasing surface feeders is a Zesta Black Star 510 aji and Shimano Soare SS Ajing s58ul-s rigged with 1.75 lb Ajing line and single #26 dry fly. Sure I won't catch as fast BUT the "thumps" are amazing with these super sensitive rods.

Y’all and Victor to float fish a lot. I’ve tried with poor success unless you count the many times I get hung up and lose the entire rig, leader included. I don’t find schools of suspended fish or even a somewhat uniform depth to a flat that it would work well on. I still keep one rigged and carry it in the boat but it just doesn’t get much play. The confidence thing also plays on my head some cuz it hasn’t worked more than it has. The flow of the river is a challenge with it also but that has worked well in the past. I cast up current and let the jig settle as it floats past a downfall. This works fine until there’s a tiny branch poking out a bit further. Ive gotten some large crappie doing this but a snag is always not far away. I envy you folks with open water sometimes like this.