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| Looking at a St.Croix 7' XH Pro Glass rod for jerkbaits and big cranks. Anybody have any opinions on this rod? Or glass for jerks in general?
thanks for any input.
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Location: Illinois-Indiana | I use the 6'9" St. Croix Avid series, great rod for jerk baits. |
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Location: Woodstock, IL | I prefer a longer rod for bucktails and cranks, but for jerks I prefer a shorter rod. This goes against what most people like; however I find the longer cork to be cumbersome to "jerk". I use a 6'3" cheapo Bass Pro graphite rod and it does ok. It's not my favorite rod, but then again jerkbaits aren't my favorite type of lure.
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | I used a 6'9" Premier for a lot of years, served me well. |
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Location: Lindenhurst, Illinois | If you are interested at looking at other than ST. Croix, I would suggest looking at the G Loomis 6'10" Jerkbait rod. Great rod. |
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| Thanks for the input guys. Is anybody using a glass rod for jerks? |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Here's the question: WHY use glass? I just never saw a reason to. |
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Location: Edina, MN | Glass is more durable than graphite and able to withstand constant pressure and extreme sudden impacts, like a marlin run, better than graphite as well. Glass rods are preferred for many trolling applications where feel and weight are not important. If you look at high end offshore rods you will see a lot of glass. The advantages of graphite are feel and weight if those features are not important for your application, go with glass. For muskie casting applications, weight is important so graphite is the choice of most.
As for a jerkbait rod, I like to have two. A short one, around 6' for putting a lot of action on walk the dog style baits etc. and a longer 7'+ for dive and rise baits when worked in a less choppy fashion. |
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| St. Croix describes this rod as being designed for throwing musky jerkbaits and big cranks. It is a good price and I was just wondering if it would cut the mustard.
I currently use a 7'6" MH Premier for jerks and love it, but can having another rod be bad? |
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Location: NeverNever Lake | Consider a Lamiglas 6'10" Hughes River Special. There are cheaper as well as lighter rods on the market, but you won't find a tougher rod that will throw anything short of a street brick and withstand boatside strikes like this rod. |
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