Anyone ever do this?
Take a flyrod blank and and make a jigging pole out of it?
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Anyone ever do this?
Take a flyrod blank and and make a jigging pole out of it?
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Brett, I was raised with a fly rod and a spinning reel. I caught many crappie, jigging with my fly rod. I still own it. a 8/9' 5/7wt is the ticket for me. I got the rods when I was 6yrs old, I am 72 now. I still fly fish.
Should be very sensitive
I’ve built a few on them. It’s hard to find a “jigging blank”. And the options you can get in a fly blank work really well for a jig pole. Only thing is I would build it to look like as close to a fly rod as possible. If you build anything on a fly blank that is not a fly rod it voids the warranty.
Just buy a cheap fly rod. No need to get the blank and "make" a jigging pole out of it, IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by brettw
As trypman said, long before there were "jigging poles", people used fly rods.
Seen lots of folks put a small spinning reel on a fly rod and let her rip.
I was debating using my fly rod for a jigging pole and getting a small ultralight for panfish but found the exact setup I was originally looking for all in one package which is a Shakespeare Crappie Hunter. 9'. But i still vertical jig flies into brush and stuff for panfish. I suck at casting haha!!
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Awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by trypman1
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ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Gbcorley
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I have a 9 ft white river fly rod I bought a few yeas ago on a super sale at BPS. It is 9 wt. little heavy action but works great as a jig pole. Use one of those little plastic reels on it. Very lite and fairly sensitive.
Great Post, My spinning rod was a JC Williams spin rod with a Johnson Century spinning reel. It was a great setup, but the lines were not up to todays standard, many breaks at knots. After a spin with the Navy, I learned how to tie some knots.
I caught an 8 weight on clearance last year....couldnt pass it up at the price. Nothing in my fly fishing world warrants an 8 weight. I thought about trying it as a jigging rod, but so far thats as far as Ive got.......thinking!
Have been using fly rod blanks for ten years, mostly the 4 pce ones as two pce fly rod blanks are hard to find. Usually use a 6-7 wgt blanks and use microwave guides as I have found that the theory behind microwave guide spacing is very truthful as far as distance casting. Haven't had a break of any pole in ten years! Good luck!!
Mind explained microwave guides? And spacing.Quote:
Originally Posted by NUBSTER
Never heard of them
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A brand of micro guides
Just an fyi
Grizzly jig has there ozark rear seat jigging poles 10 and 11’ on sale for 29.99 and 9.99 shipping I bought me and the wife one for a 69.99 total, ordered Monday got it today can’t beat that
The point of the stripper guide having the second ring is to pull the line to a strait line so that it doesn't slap the guides going up the guide train witch they say the slapping standard guides have shortens the cast. I have built identical rods one with the fuji high K frame set and then one with the microwave guides and saw no difference in casting distance. I used the same reel, line, lure and built the rods with the same handle and blank, so the only difference was the guides. Some people think that they are the greatest thing ever then people like me who think its just a different guide set. They have slow motion videos showing how the guides change the line path going up the rod, if you want to watch it and see for yourself. To help you decide what guide set you want to pick. They do work as they intended, I will stay that.
That is a great dealQuote:
Originally Posted by gobbler
GB, spot on again my friend. We did the exact same test.
My favorite rod for throwing light jigs is a 7 foot light fast MHX. I purchased the same blank for a buddy and he built it with microwave guides. We saw no difference in casting ability.
I will say that I believe the Microwave stripper guide would be an advantage to someone that didn't size a reel to the blank before building and set their stripper too close. Or, if someone upsized a reel on their rod. Standoff from the handle to the bail is vastly different between a size 10 and 15 reel. Or larger.