I was a fly fishing guide in Arkansas for 10 years and the good folks from G Loomis where some of my customers and they tipped me not only with flyrods, but some really great spinning rods that I brought home for the crappie ......my setup is 11ft and 9'6 slow action bronzebacks and 6'10" drop shots. Expensive rods I know but they work great for long lining cranks and jigs...good backbone but really sensitive tips which is what I like in a trolling rod. I can use them for other types of fishing as well and I haven't broke a rod , or lost a trophy crappie yet. I also use the Quantum Tom Huckabee dipping sticks.
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