I use southern crappie rods by Ed Duke in NC. I longline and spider rig jigs about 80% of the year and during the hot summer months I pull and push cranks with the same brand of rods. He has the regular rods for jigs and the scr-t model for using trolling weights for Crankbaits or if you have to use heavier weight for spider rigging. Your going to get a lot of opinions on type of rods , there kinda like people with there brand of cars they like. Just do some research on this forum and keep asking questions, people on here will help you all they can. Good luck
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