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  1. 05-12-2018, 07:05 PM #1
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    I’m using a bass pro light graphite rod was wondering what would be more sensitive rod?
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    Quote Originally Posted by no luck View Post
    I’m using a bass pro light graphite rod was wondering what would be more sensitive rod?
    Virtually anything.
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    Seriously, this is one of those "depends on your budget" questions.

    As for American rods, Loomis and St. Croix are great. JDM rods are also. None of them are cheap.
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    I have, fish & love my BnM Crappie Wizard 7'6" .
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    I bought a Lews Wally Marshall rod at Grizzly Jig that I really like


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    I like my 9 foot Southern Crappie Rod. It's kelvar, and is more sensitive than anything I've used so far. Then again I come from a fiberglass fly rod background, so that may not account for much.
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    Hard to beat a Southern pro.
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    G Loomis Pricey. A crappie whispers Guide on our lakes and rivers wares us out with these rods.Cabelas Guide series are real close same blank as G Loomis.Nothing,no other rod more sensitive.

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    Okuma cilio .(sp) best money on the market for a budget fisherman .
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    I'm interested in hearing other opinions on this topic. As I type this, I've got 5 St. Croix rods broken out towards the tip of each rod. I'll send them in to St. Croix for repairs but that's not really cheap. I own the Premier, Triumph and a few of their Panfish series...lots of money tied up in rods!! I probably like the Premier rods better than the other two rods.

    That said, I'd really like to step back a bit and start using 7-8ft long rods that are cheaper price wise than the St. Croix rods. The St. Croix rods are very nice and certainly detect bites with their sensitivity, but I question the durability of them and pricing of them. When you walk out into your pole barn and are staring at basically $1200 worth of rods in which over half are broken at the tips, you start to wonder if the whole thing is worth it or not.

    What's a quality 7ft rod below $75?? Does it even exist?
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