BASS Rule Change: Rod Length Expanded to 10 Footers

[abkeenan]

30 minutes ago, Old plug said:

That is so true. all this crap from lineto rod is nothing but  for human fish. RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE and RIGHT WAY. I keep saying that but nobody either believes it or does not understand what I am trying to say. The fisherman that gets those things together willbethe successful one. you do notneed a box full offancy lures. I know so many people that have alotof lures but only ise afew 90% of the time.

I will disagree. Having the right line and the right rod/reel can, and does, make a world of difference. Just like anything else there are many tools that can do the job, but some tools are just better suited for that job. 

[Old plug]

10 minutes ago, abkeenan said:

I will disagree. Having the right line and the right rod/reel can, and does, make a world of difference. Just like anything else there are many tools that can do the job, but some tools are just better suited for that job. 

That is OK but by the time your my age you might not. To me all those things have nothing to do with the right time right place and  right way. 

[abkeenan]

18 minutes ago, Old plug said:

That is OK but by the time your my age you might not. To me all those things have nothing to do with the right time right place and  right way. 

You contradict yourself when you say "the right way". So using a 5'6" pistol grip with 25lb mono is going to be just as effective as using a 7'6" rod with 10lb fluoro for throwing big deep cranks? Or using a 7'10" XXH flipping stick with 60lb power pro is going to be as successful as when using a 6'6" medium light spinning setup with 6lb fluoro for 1/16oz ned rigging?

[Old plug]

Not going to argue. I do not think you understsnd what I mean by right way. Right way is fishing something to fast or two slow. In short I mean the retrieve. I see them coming by here all the time doing that. Good example is a lot of is plastic worms. people will put enough weight on them to get good contact with the bottom then go into the lift and fall retrieve. But that is just one way to fish a plastic worm fish a plastic worm. Its not even a especially good of a way. 

[Gavin]

Does it allow fly fishing with a rod under 10'.  Would excel for accuracy and repeated casts to shallow bass.

 

 

 

[abkeenan]

12 minutes ago, Gavin said:

Does it allow fly fishing with a rod under 10'.  Would excel for accuracy and repeated casts to shallow bass.

 

 

 

I do not believe fly rods are permitted. I think in the rules it says that it must be a casting rod, spincasting rod or spinning rod. 

[Browntrout]

In reality it all comes down to talent/skill. If you enter a pro tournament you are in a sense saying 'im on this level, i belong here.'. Then you try to prove it. In the old days guys did complain about long rods and they were banned, but a long rod doesnt catch fish. The person using it does. As humbly as i can boast this im going to say that i would be hard pressed to be outfished by someone targeting my choice of species on my home water using a cane pole. Doesnt mean the equipment is what gives me the advantage, its the technique. Its the hours of fiddling around, testing weights, finding fish, and putting in the blood sweat and tears to know that method like the back of my hand. This is what the non finess, pro bass  guys do to, hours of chucking plugs jigs and worms; learning fish and water, and thats why they enter the tournaments to say ' This is who i am, now watch me beat you with my best'. And those who still do this and lose and have the nerve to say somebody else won because they had an unfair advantage using a technique that the loser didnt bother to learn is simply a poor sportsman.

 

And its a dam shame they dont permit fly fishing.

[vernon]

Rods don't catch fish - PEOPLE catch fish!

Pretty proud of myself for that one.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

I dont really think much is going to change FLW doesnt have a rod length limit and i dont see any of them getting longer rods.  

[abkeenan]

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