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| what kind of rods do you guys use most often? |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Professional Edge Diamondback and Edge Series Rods |
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Location: Bemidji | I'll second the Pro Edge Rods. |
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Location: Davenport, IA | St. Croix..love them. |
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Location: Chicago | St. Croix |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Still a G-Loomis man. But they better get on building some larger rods soon. I am very close to calling Kieth. |
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| Cortland, then St. Croix then Fenwick.
Rats, didn't see Cortland up there and now I cant vote again.
Edited by Ranger 3/22/2007 11:15 PM
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Location: midwest | Diamondback!  |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | I'm w/ Capt Koepp- G Loomis up until now! But wanting something longer, and after seeing one at the Milwaukee Muskie Show, I've got two 9' KT Professional Edge's using the St. Croix xxx heavy blank on the way.
Have fun!
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| St. Croix. |
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Location: lansing, il | used to be a st croix lifer, til a pro edge diamondback was put in my hand, i am switching my whole lineup over to keiths rods, they are awesome!! |
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Location: Minneapolis,Minnesota | Thorne's Diamondbacks but will have Keith build me a rod this year. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | So far Gander Mountain rods. I like the looks of St. Croix rods, and I like the St. Croix I use for jigging for walleyes, but right now I'd rather have two rods for different applications than one St. Croix.
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| trick question for me,,,I have 8 fig rigs,,,but actually 4 that have ended up in two pieces
now I am working in Profesional edge rods best bargin in all of muskie fishing 2 now |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | i've had nothing but st. croix rods after coming back north ... southern bassin was done with all-stars .... this year i'm adding an 8'6" to the line-up and haven't decided what to do yet so watching this thread closely. |
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| shimano compre for me |
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| Thorne's customs using diamondback and st. croix blanks. |
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | St. Croix for me.
Awesome sticks and customer service second to none. |
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| St. Croixs for me I have tried other I like tthe Croix's the best. |
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| Fig Rigs for me. Be the 3rd year with them. My back thanks me. |
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| This will be my 4th year using Fig Rigs, currently have 5 of them. Well ok, make that 4-1/2 
(I broke one, my fault, no rod in the world could have lived through that...)
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Location: Sandusky, OH | I really like the St Croix I have, and us it more than my Fig Rig. Picked up a Tica this winter and have high hopes. As you can see, I'm not brand loyal (but would love to be, so let the sponsor bidding war begin!! Oh wait, I don't catch fish, so nevermind.).
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| LOOMIS HAS BECOME MY PRIMARY ROD'S WITH MY CROIX'S BECOMING BACK-UP'S. |
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| Still using 3, 8'6" All Star Big Game rods and one 8 footer...the 8'6" can handle a pounder allll day...
I have a 9' footer from Keith in the DB blank and one more on order...
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Location: searchin for the first legal. | i like my dads custom built rods i use st croixs and guide series too but i like my dads customs. |
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| Professional Edge rods on any type of blank are my new favorite! Keith just built me a 9'3" on a St. Croix Legend Tournament Blank, I can't wait to use that thing this summer! |
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| I have several different rods that I like for speciific applications. I have used Shimano rods for years, and I am very satisfied. I have 2 St.Croixs that also work very well. This spring I bought a Gander Mountain Musky Tournament Series in a 7'6". This rod is VERY impressive. They use an IM8 blank with a Fuji real seat and Fuji guides. I tried it out today for the first time, and it fishes as well as the St.Croix. The only differences I can see, is that the Gander Mountain rod is lighter than my 7'6" St.Croix and it is over $60 cheaper. |
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| I have 3 St. Croix & 1 Diamondback - Performance has been good. I have no complaints. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | decided to "treat" myself to a lightweight high-quality rod ... watched this and spoke to some of the guys grinding a ton of time with them and came down to the diamondback having Keith at Professional Edge make it. for the money and the quality and the fact it's a one-piece i'll get custom quality for less than i would have spent on the stock st. croix ... even though it's more than i've spent before, i think i'm getting the best quality/value buy with bonafide back-up from people i respect ... looking forward to moving into a high-quality lightweight long stick this year! |
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| jonnysled - 3/27/2007 10:20 AM
decided to "treat" myself to a lightweight high-quality rod ... watched this and spoke to some of the guys grinding a ton of time with them and came down to the diamondback having Keith at Professional Edge make it. for the money and the quality and the fact it's a one-piece i'll get custom quality for less than i would have spent on the stock st. croix ... even though it's more than i've spent before, i think i'm getting the best quality/value buy with bonafide back-up from people i respect ... looking forward to moving into a high-quality lightweight long stick this year!
Sled, you're going to love that stick. Can't find a much nicer guy to work with than Keith either. He makes sure you are getting exactly what you want |
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Location: midwest | An intersting thing about this poll is how it was set up to see what the preference in rod choice is. Overall St.croix will probably have the most users and you can count the St. Croix, some Thorne Bos. and a few votes for "Other" that were rods built by various builders. Diamondback can be looked at in the same way, with votes from Diamondback, some Thorne Bros., Esox, some Fig Rigs and some of the "other" rods. Just something for esoxhunter951 and anyone else looking at the numbers to try and make a rod purchase choice.
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