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| What do you guys think of split grips? |
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Location: Hayward, WI | I've heard quite a bit about why the guys that love them, love them. For the guys that marked hate them, what don't you like about the split grips?
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | I personally hate them. The thinner diameter rod bruises my side, the handles look retarded if you try to extend them (I like 18-20" of rod behind the reel seat, not the typical 14"), there rod is more out of balance due to less cork and epoxy (little amount does seem to make a difference to me). That is enough to keep me from buying another one. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | I got my first one by accident. I ordered a regular grip and then sent a split grip. I needed that same day as I was leaving for a trip, so I just kept it, and now I like them and have since bought a Big Dawg split grip. I like them. They don't bruise my ribs, but maybe that's just all the fat and grissle I have protecting me. So I guess I'm in between "No difference" and "Love them." I like them, but not enough to try to convince someone to get one because I love them so much. |
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| sound useless to me,and price is way to high.but they are nice to look,nothing more.
a gadget! |
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| Not worth the price. Cheap rod, expensive reel is the way to go. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | They cost more? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 'Cheap rod, expensive reel is the way to go.'
Not for me. I have a couple spinning split grips from Okuma, and really like them. I don't have any Muskie sized split grip rods, but do have a split grip bass rod armed with a low profile Okuma reel. I like it.
Last night I fished Muskies for three hours. Saw two, no takers. I fished a 7'6" Tooth Tamer tossing big spinnerbaits, a 6'10" Fenwick tossing a Suick Weagle (both fish looked at that lure) and and my trusty Okuma EVX tossing a Top Raider. All were armed with Okuma Akenas, and balanced nicely. I really like the reels, and matched the rods for what I need it to do to work the lure the way I want to work it.
Some folks will like split grip heavy rods, some won't. Doesn't make either 'right' or 'wrong'. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | Fishboy19 - 5/30/2010 11:53 PM
Cheap rod, expensive reel is the way to go.
I have to politely disagree. As a rod builder, I handle alot of blanks of various quality, depending on what the customer or myself wants. And even between the St. Croix lines, you can see a marked difference in weight, construction and even straightness amongst the differnt lines. Not saying you've got to use LT's and $350 rods to be sucessful, but I will say that you get what you pay for. |
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Location: sun prairie,wi | i got a gander mountain split grip for 150 acouple weeks ago and like it so far.....
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Location: South-Central PA | RyanJoz - 5/30/2010 11:50 AM
I personally hate them. The thinner diameter rod bruises my side, the handles look retarded if you try to extend them (I like 18-20" of rod behind the reel seat, not the typical 14"), there rod is more out of balance due to less cork and epoxy (little amount does seem to make a difference to me). That is enough to keep me from buying another one.
If the rod blank itself is resting on your ribs, then the rod is not fitted properly to you. I wouldn't want a hard blank riding on my ribs all day either! I built my LGM192XH with a split but I built it so that the fighting butt tucks nicely against my ribs. No pain!
Bottom line, if you prefer a full grip- go with it.
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| maybe the skinny guys with their ribs exposed dosnt like the feeling.
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | There are skinny Muskie Fishermen? Where? |
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| jakejusa - 6/1/2010 12:38 PM
There are skinny Muskie Fishermen? Where?
Exactly, lots of huge dudes watching suckers and eating cheetos. Almost like on the couch watching football eating Doritos. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | jakejusa - 6/1/2010 12:38 PM
There are skinny Muskie Fishermen? Where?
Right here buddy.  |
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| tuffy1 - 6/22/2010 11:28 AM
jakejusa - 6/1/2010 12:38 PM
There are skinny Muskie Fishermen? Where?
Right here buddy. : )
Right here too,and i dont like split grips for the rib factor either.Its not that its rideing my ribs all day but it bites my ribs good on the hookset.
I have two legend sling blades one with split and one without and like the full grip much more. |
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| Will split grip float? Rod and reel combo I run (full cork) will float. Late season occasional slip.........aww crap! First time it happened I was relieved to see the combo float! StCroix/ABU |
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Now that they've been out for a while...