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| Hi,
I'm looking for a creature spinning rod for the upcoming season. I'd like to fish 9 inch sluggos, 6-8 inch grubs, 7 inch tubes, and 9 inch Storm minnows for pike and musky. Weights would be up to 1.5 ounces.
I'm looking at St Croix' PS70HF and PS66XHF. I'm leaning toward the PS70HF and would welcome the boards opinions on these rods.
Thanks,
Johnny B |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Go with the 7' model. It will be easier to rip weeds, and to get distance out of your casts. The longer rod will also improve your hookset. |
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Location: Illinois-Indiana | JohnnyB,
Go with the 7' like Mr. Worrall said, I'm looking into the AS70MHF, it's the Avid model, cost around $160 and should be great for jig/creature combo.
Steve, I think you started something here!!!!!!!!:) |
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| Good Choice!!
Rob |
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Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland | I have a 7' custom built rod on a St. Croix blank that will handle those sizes along with a 7' worm rod by St. Croix for the lighter jigs. I bought them after slamming my 7' Falcon rod in my car door. In my opinion, the Falcon rod was much more sensitive for fishing plastics for less money. Sorry, I can't provide you with the model # because I no longer have it. It was the best plastics rod I ever had. You also might run a search under "swim baits" to see what guys are using. From what I've seen, it appears that the 8' St. Croix Classic Cat rods may be the way to go with them. Tom
Edited by muskiekid 3/3/2003 9:50 AM
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Location: Edina, MN | I had the PS70HF for the exact purposes you describe and used it for a week long canadian pike trip. Found the tip section of the rod too soft for good hook sets on Sluggos and missed fish because of it. Also had the hook holder fall off and one of the guides become loose. I got rid of this rod and picked up a 7' Loomis GL2 which was similar in price. I like it much better. |
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| You might want to take a look through the St Croix catalog and check out some of the Tidemaster rods. They're in the salwater in-shore line, but they have some great spinning rods in there.
Beav |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | I would look into the Fig Rig Muskie Spinning Rod. Saw them at Smokey's, they are made with the new 2003 blanks. Smokey's has them in 7'6". |
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