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Location: Eagan, MN | Noob, honestly for $40 that's not a bad deal. And if it turns out that you want a longer rod down the road as everyone suggests (count me among them) then you are only out a couple bucks. btw you're right, it is a muskie rod. |
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| Cast, in your opinion, do you think it can hold some heavey lures? It states it can hold 1-3 oz lures. Though I have some lures that are 6oz and one that is 8oz. It's so hard to pass up the deal, yet I think a HEAVY Shimano can hold a Weagle if my MOJO BASS did! |
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| just want to chime in one more time on this,, i suggest getting the right rod to start like the black river or TI rod. When i started out, i started cheap and now i have about 20 muskie rods laying around. All the money i spent on the cheap stuff only to replace it with good stuff seems like such a waste. If you like muskie fishing and plan to chase them, jsut spend the $89 on a rod you will be able to use for a while. Out of my 20 or so rods, i use about 8 of them. The other collect dust and annoy the wife. If i was to do it all over again, i would have bought all the right stuff to start. |
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Location: Smith Creek | What I meant about it being a bass rod was that it will be WAY too light for Weagles. That rod is designed for little spinners and bucktails. It'll cast Weagles fine but you want something rated at least 1.5 to 4, better yet 2-6, IMO 3-8 would be the best. |
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Location: Eagan, MN | EvErNoOb - 5/18/2011 1:38 AM
Cast, in your opinion, do you think it can hold some heavey lures? It states it can hold 1-3 oz lures. Though I have some lures that are 6oz and one that is 8oz. It's so hard to pass up the deal, yet I think a HEAVY Shimano can hold a Weagle if my MOJO BASS did!
You really don't know until you try. I know it won't be ideal for your big lures. Some heavy lures like a weagle cast really well, others like bulldawgs don't. One thing I haven't seen mentioned is that long rods cast a wider range of lure sizes better than short rods. I know we keep harping on this but you seem to have your mind made up so I let it go. |
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| if you really want a shorter rod id go with a 7ft MH guide series advantage, from gander mountain. $40 and tough as nails!! my wife still uses this rod today. i broke one by stepping on it(oops) and took it to gander and they replaced on the spot. Also when you do dicide to upgrade it wont be so painful. I have a bunch of diffrent rods and have to say if you were going to spend 100+ i would get the TI or the tooth tamer. The tooth tamer rods are my fav but TIs a close second. rods are a personal prefrence thou. the only thing that makes one rod better than the other is how comfortable it is to you!! |
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