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| Say a suick, reef hawg or HR. |
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| Someone say HR? Actually, before last Friday I would have said 6'9" Heavy Premier by St.Croix, but had yet another problem with it (lost the inner eye to a guide), so was forced to change up a bit. Switched the C4 over to a 7'6" (extra?) Heavy Lamiglas, and was just in love!!! It was nice to not have to bend down to fig-8, and it gave a ton of leverage for casting, my back was happy at the end of the day. Only problem was that I didn't get the same amount of power on the hookset, and I lost one, maybe 2 because of it. For the reel I wouldn't go with anything BUT my Abu Garcia 6500C4, that faster line pick up just makes the establishment of the glider rythme so easy, and to catch up with a bait like a bobbie, suick, or big daddy, I wouldn't try anything but. Once again, I'm NOT a pro, I just have a big mouth and love to talk about myself!!!
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| St. Croix Avid 6'9"
The best I've ever used. |
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| G-Loomis MUR786C-JB it's a 6'6" Heavy fast action. |
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| Apples and oranges, what I mean is with the baits mentioned there are gliders and what I call true jerk-baits, with gliders I prefer a 7" or 7'7" with a little softer tip. For throwing true jerk-baits, then I'll switch to the same length but in a med/hvy with a faster tip. |
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| I use the 6'10" Lamiglas Hughes River Rod. Makes casting and retrieving even the 10 inch HR's easy. I use a Lamiglas 6'6" In Shore rod for smaller jerks.
Good luck, Murph |
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| Been using a 6'6" St. Croix.
Last year I experimented with an 8 footer and I think with a little more work I may learn to like the longer rod.
I fish a fair amount of Gliders. For Suick/Bobbie/Burt type baits I still liked the 6'6".
For comfort reasons I would suggest finding the longest rod you can effectively work the bait with.
My .o2 cents..
Mark
Musky Adventures
Eau Claire, WI |
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| St. Croix 6'9" Avid!!!! |
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| The St.Croix 6'9" Heavy Preimer is my choice for tossing jerk baits, nice length with great back bone.
D'arcy Finlan
Darcy's Guide Service |
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| I throw either a 7 ft. Premier mh rod by St. Croix or use 7ft Figure Eight Speacial By Lamiglas...Over all I feel you can use the 7ft Premier for just about anything from the lightest bucktail to the 10 inch jakes..Just my humble thoughts
Brad
www.breuerguideservice.com
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| For smaller/lighter baits like little Phantoms, Reef Hawgs, Suicks of all sizes, I like a 7' XH All Star W. Inshore.
For the bigger sizes, I will use an 8' in the same make model and power.
Jono
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| 8 ft. heavy man! |
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| I think the St. Croix 6'9" Premier is the industry standard for jerk bait rods, and justly so as it works very well at a reasonble price. I also use a 6'3" Lamiglass extra heavy for snapping baits like a Reef Hawg, it really brings some life to them. |
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| 6' pool cue, great for setting the hook hard. Have not lost a fish to this pole.(St. Croix Premeir)[:bigsmile:] |
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Pro's....What rod do you prefer for Jerkbaits