Originally Posted by
livemusic
I have bragged on the Shakespeare Micro Series 7ft rod in the past. For bream (and I have no idea if this applies to crappie) I have changed my mind after fishing with it more. Yes, it's cheap, it's tough, and it will cast a good distance. However, I find it WAY too wimpy when bringing in a fish. It's difficult to explain but big bream are good fighters and have a certain rhythm and pulse to their fight, and it's not that the rod will bend almost double, which many people equate to "a lot of fun." My complaint is that I find that this rod is THE worst in my suite of rods regarding the pulse of action that a large bream gives. It is not pleasurable, it's distracting. It's like the rod is out of sync with the fish's pulsing fight. I tried to find a 7.5ft one to try but could not.