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    Question Uncle Buck's poles


    Has anyone tried them? I have 6 of his fiberglass cane type poles and really like them. They are light, strong and even have a scale printed on them. But it only goes to 14 inches, so anything longer I guess you have to throw back. I was looking at another model yesterday which is like a spinning rod except it collapes like the cane poles. They (BPS) had some 10, 12 and I think 16ft long. I'm thinking of trying 2 of the 12 footers and putting the little Quantum XR reels on them. Any opinions?
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    The uncle Bucks graphite rods are made by BnM. I liked the ones they had at bass pro and plan on getting one. They are light, sensitive ,yet strong enough backbone. Overall nice rods

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    Quote Originally Posted by IBNFSHN
    Has anyone tried them? I have 6 of his fiberglass cane type poles and really like them. They are light, strong and even have a scale printed on them. But it only goes to 14 inches, so anything longer I guess you have to throw back. I was looking at another model yesterday which is like a spinning rod except it collapes like the cane poles. They (BPS) had some 10, 12 and I think 16ft long. I'm thinking of trying 2 of the 12 footers and putting the little Quantum XR reels on them. Any opinions?
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    Hey Bill,

    I use 10, 11 and 12-foot B&M Uncle Buck's Graphite Jig Poles for guiding and have been real happy with them. I also have a 12-foot B&M Sam Heaton rod that I REALLY like - very light and sensitive.

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    Bill, I have 5 of the Uncle Bucks - 3 - 12's & 2 - 10's. Also a 10' B&M. I use them when trolling by putting out a 12, then a 10, then 2 - 6's. My partner fishes out the front right of boat using Zebco 33's, and I fish out left side in back. I use Shimano spinning reels on mine. At times I also put 3 - 12's and a ten out front to slow troll with partner in back with 2 - 10's out sides with 2 rods out back using slip corks. The B&M may be a little lighter, but Bucks work fine. I've not had a problem with mine - and they are much cheaper at @$17 than the others. Caught an 8 lb Cat out of a tree top on a minnow last year on a 12'. Real tussle, but he was released into a frying pan. I would buy them again. JimA

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    Yeah, those cats can be a ball on light rigs. We make a trip every spring to Kerr Lake for a week of crappie fishing. 4 of us go and last year the 2 in the other boat were being pulled all over the place by a fish. Some how they managed to get it in. A 17.5lb cat on a 12ft fiberglass cane pole. I would have never believed it if someone told me that story, but I watched them do it. It went in the frying pan several times.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IBNFSHN
    Has anyone tried them? I have 6 of his fiberglass cane type poles and really like them. They are light, strong and even have a scale printed on them. But it only goes to 14 inches, so anything longer I guess you have to throw back. I was looking at another model yesterday which is like a spinning rod except it collapes like the cane poles. They (BPS) had some 10, 12 and I think 16ft long. I'm thinking of trying 2 of the 12 footers and putting the little Quantum XR reels on them. Any opinions?
    I have used 6 of their 14footers with the cheap 19.95 shakespeare bait casters spider rigging for the last 2-years <> don,t beleive you could do much better

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    Quote Originally Posted by perchjerker
    I have used 6 of their 14footers with the cheap 19.95 shakespeare bait casters spider rigging for the last 2-years <> don,t beleive you could do much better

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    Is there a reason you used bait casters instead of spinning reels? Just curious
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    the bait casters don,t twist the line <> the drag,s real easy to strip line just works better for me
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    Going to try and go to bps tomorrow and get a few. Thanks for the reviews. Are they still made by B-n-M? Anyone else still using them? BPS has them on sale gor $12.99 at Leeds.
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    Got 4 of the 16 footers and 2 of the 13 footers. Work real well for me.

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