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Location: nappanee IN | thinking of thinning the herd to get some money for bills. i have a 7-2 st croix medium heavy and also a 6-9 xh and a 8-6 xh-all st.croix. if you were going to stay with one rod or two which would you keep? |
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Location: Land of the Musky | 8-6 xh-all st.croix
IMO this would be your best all around rod for most lures out of the ones listed. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | That XH croix might be a little heavy for smaller bucktails and whatnot, but I've never used one. Saying that, I'm quite sure I would keep the 8'6" XH just due to the length. I'm sure it tosses MOST of what we use these days pretty well also.
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| I'd be hard pressed to drop the 6' 9" unless I also dropped my Weagles and Reef Hawgs. I'd keep two, the long and the short rods. |
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| I have a hard time loading up my 8 foot rod to cast lighter bucktails. I can throw them some, because of the leverage/length I guess, but I am guessing if smaller bucktails and cranks(bass size) are in your repetoire, you need to keep the 7'2" St. Croix, in my experience, that will throw anything through a really large range. |
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Location: South East Wisconsin | Ebenezer - 1/28/2011 11:22 PM
I'd be hard pressed to drop the 6' 9" unless I also dropped my Weagles and Reef Hawgs. I'd keep two, the long and the short rods.
Same here! |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Karol, for the longest time, I had 1 rod for all. I still use it for a quite a bit. It's a Gander X-treme Musky. 8' XH. I've thrown anything from Pounders down to #5 Mepps spinners. |
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| Its all about which brand of rod and the action that brand has. I've got some fenwicks and a lamiglas. I'm a converted St. Croix owner. Each brand seems to have its own action.
Lami's are pretty whippy, but IMO they're pretty excellent for everything but super hard pulling stuff. Also not the best for side-to-side baits. (that's more length talking, than action) The fenwicks I have are a nice happy medium between the lamiglas and the pool-que-ey rods like the St. Croixs. Each rod has its place. Figure-8ing a twin ten with anything other than a stiff stick is punishment.
Only point is there are other brands out there. They're all good for something. Some are better at more things than others.
If I had to give away all my rods but one, I'd keep the Lamiglas. This is why its nice to have four or five. Each one does something different based on its length and action.
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Location: Almond, WI | JimtenHaaf - 1/30/2011 10:54 AM
Karol, for the longest time, I had 1 rod for all. I still use it for a quite a bit. It's a Gander X-treme Musky. 8' XH. I've thrown anything from Pounders down to #5 Mepps spinners.
I've used the same rod as my main rod for 2 seasons now. Everything from 1/2 oz spinnerbaits to dbl 10s to mag dawgs to phantoms have been fine with it. |
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8.6 xh for all?