Spinnerbait Rod

[Dutch]

Sent you a PM Royal Blue.

[mixermarkb]

But- that said, if you like the lews, run it by sportsman's outlet/lews HQ in Springfield and see if they will do anything for you. Lews customer service has been pretty outstanding, and they may pro-rate you a replacement. 

[fishinwrench]

10 minutes ago, merc1997 said:

i am a wimp and use both hands.

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I bet you look like a guy doing the Macarena, when going down a long bank of laydowns.  😅

[Royal Blue]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

IMO a spinnerbait rod needs to be less than 7' for all day one-handed accurate pitch-casting.   Doing that all day with a 7'+ rod would be a wrist and forearm killer.

The one I broke was a 6'9" Lew's TP-1 so I pretty much agree with this.

[Royal Blue]

27 minutes ago, mixermarkb said:

But- that said, if you like the lews, run it by sportsman's outlet/lews HQ in Springfield and see if they will do anything for you. Lews customer service has been pretty outstanding, and they may pro-rate you a replacement. 

I wondered about this too.  I drive right by there every day but never when they're open.  Might be my excuse to leave work early tomorrow!

[Seth]

I use the Cabelas tournament ZX rods. Buy them on sale for $70-80 or $100 anytime. Hard to beat for the money IMO. With 1/4-3/8oz spinnerbaits, I use the 6'8" topwater/jerkbait model and the 7' spinnerbait/swim jig model for 1/2-3/4oz. I've never fished a spinnerbait over 3/4oz so no clue after that point.

[96 CHAMP]

Champ 188 turned me on to the Ducket micro magic 6’9” rod, great spinner bait rod, the Dobyns 7’3” was basically made for top water I believe but is a great spinner bait rod for longer cast and more open areas, the smaller 6’9 works great around all the docks for me at LOZ and the longer I prefer at more open casting like at Table Rock. 

 

[Fishrman]

6'10" lews is great.   Can't one hand it but still a great spinnerbait rod.  As fall approaches I like to make long casts on flats and burn it.   This rod will do that for you. 

[96 CHAMP]

8 hours ago, mixermarkb said:

Falcon Cara 6'8" AOY model. Best spinnerbait rod I've ever used. 2nd place would be a G.Loomis MBR-783 in GLX, or an 843 if the 7' length was ok. I'm with Wrench though and like a slightly shorter rod for slinging blades.

I was tempted to by the Falcon rod for sure, I took Mr. bablers advice and bought the falcon care ccm-4-17 cranker for my wobble heads and medium cranks a few years back and love the rod, I seen a post a while back I remember where he uses it for spoons and other options but cant remember all he quoted, great products in Falcon 

[MOsmallies]

On 9/6/2018 at 11:50 AM, mixermarkb said:

Falcon Cara 6'8" AOY model. Best spinnerbait rod I've ever used. 2nd place would be a G.Loomis MBR-783 in GLX, or an 843 if the 7' length was ok. I'm with Wrench though and like a slightly shorter rod for slinging blades.

@mixermarkb and @Bill Babler do you think the 6'8" (MH) AOY Falcon Lowrider would be just as good for Spinnerbaits (3/8-1/2 oz)? I've been looking at this one for a while and I'm trying to decide if the extra $50 for the Cara would be worth it since it's a reaction bait. Thanks for your feedback! I throw Cara's for all my jig rods.