Need help on which rod to buy for slip floating bream and crappie...
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Need help on which rod to buy for slip floating bream and crappie...
This one 6 and a half ft. https://www.bnmpoles.com/p-38-bucks-...nning-rod.aspx
That's looks like a great rod ''G'', thanks...
I have had great luck for many years with ugly stick rods-i have many in different lengths and action-some are 20 plus years old-there new elite series are sweet-teamed up with a pflueger spinning reel will be a rig that will last you for years to come.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappie cowboy
There are two sticky threads at the top with a combined 18 pages and almost 200 posts.
Worth checking out.
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Originally Posted by deathb4disco
Yea thanks, I read every page. I wasn't interested in just a good rod, I was wanting a rod that didn't have the micro eyes so I wouldn't have problems casting a slip float...
:Rofl Yeah ... I was going to suggest a ESP rod, until I saw that you specified slip float use :Doh: (ESP rods all have micro-guides)Quote:
Originally Posted by crappie cowboy
I have a 7'6" BnM Crappie Wizard that throws a slip float with jigs just fine. Plenty long enough to get some leverage when a bass decides to play and light enough to cast all day without looking for the screw that tightens your right shoulder a notch.
Shakespear's micro series rods are hard to beat for a $20.00 rod. We have a dozen or so of the seven foot light action rods and use them with six pound line for longlining out the back of the boat, pitching 1/32 oz. jigs or beetle spin type lures, and live bait fishing under floats.
I don't abuse my equipment but I don't baby it either. I have caught catfish over six pounds in public fishing area lakes, bass, and a boatload of panfish over the eight or so years I have owned them and never had a failure. They are sensitive enough to feel bream peck at a cricket and strong enough to bring a bragging size catfish to the boat if you watch what you are doing.
I'm well satisfied with mine.
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Originally Posted by Stickburner
Hey ...Thanks, do these Micro's have the small eye's?
b/m , " the difference " 8 ft.
No. The guides are large enough for the rubber blob style bobber stops to get through easily. With a small styrofoam float, swivel, BB split sinker, number 6 hook and a gob of red worm or cricket, and six pound line I don't have any trouble making thirty foot casts.
i know the little ultralite B n M duck commander i got has some super large eyes ....it aint much for casting accuracy though because its a super soft backbone ...but it will cast a country mile
Most of the rods already mentioned are great and will do the job for you. I'm currently using 3 models of panfish/crappie rods from B n' M. Can't say I like one over the other though. For float fishing I prefer the longer 9' SHSS and/or the "Difference" in 9' length. I think it will boil down to what you feel most comfortable using.
I will tell you this though. If I had only one rod model to choose, it'd definitely be the B n' M, 7' SHSS. This wonderful rod can/will do anything you want. And it's tough enough to handle bass as well, should the occasion arise. A tad more expensive than a lot of those previously mentioned, but they are worth every penny. JMO. :)
I picked up one of these a couple months ago ( not on sale :banghead ) and it has worked great
I might just go get a couple more since they are on sale :biggrin
I'll second the Shakespeare micro series rods. For the price you can't ask for more.
lol sorry the link didn't attach
Bass Pro Shops Micro Lite Graphite Spinning Rod | Bass Pro Shops: The Best Hunting, Fishing, Camping & Outdoor Gear
I like the Berkley Cherrywood rods. They are about $25. I use the ultralight. 5' rod is what I use most. They will cast small jigs and lures well due to their small, flexible tip.
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