New Rods

**gillchaser999** · 06-23-2018, 10:21 AM

Today , I got the first of three new UL rods I’ve ordered .
Sorry no expensive JDM’s .
Today the USPS worker threw my new rod on the front porch . I heard it hit the porch from upstairs while watching a fishing show on TV . Luckily I ordered from Swanson’s Bait and Tackle , knowing it would arrive safely packed in a hard cardboard tube .
The rod is a St. Croix Trout Series 4’10” UL. A short one . Sometimes I go back to my roots in UL and fish with short rods . I paired it up with a Shimano Symetre 500 loaded with Viscious 2# line .
If the thunderstorms let up today , I’ll drive up to the town pond and see if I can slim it .
The other two rods I have on order are at the other end as far as length go , I’ve ordered an UL 8’ Berkley Lightning Trout rod , and a light action 7’ Berkley Lightning Trout rod .
I still own a couple of old UL Lightning rods , five footers that have served me well , including one of the ones with the EVA handles that bends into the grip with almost every fish I catch with it .
I have nothing against JDM rods or the folks that love them . But , you don’t have to spend a lot of money to enjoy UL fishing . Gillchaser

**jackie53** · 06-23-2018, 10:51 AM

Congrats! ITS NOT THE EQUIPMENT ITS HOW YOU USE THE EQUIPMENT. The high end rods Loomis,JDM really shine on our deep clear water lakes where we catch fish "crappie 20-50 ft deep.need the high end rods to feel the difference in a tree limb or a light biting crappie.Have fun good fishing.

**SpeckledSlab** · 06-23-2018, 02:42 PM

Sounds like some good choices, Lightning series is a proven winner. What reels are you pairing with the 7’ & 8’ rods?

**gillchaser999** · 06-23-2018, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by SpeckledSlab

Sounds like some good choices, Lightning series is a proven winner. What reels are you pairing with the 7’ & 8’ rods?

I usually go with a bigger reel with a longer rod to help with the balance . Right now looking at a couple Daiwa Crossfire 3000’s I picked up . I’ll need to fill the spool about half way with some backing then finish filling with a couple hundred yards of 4# Silverthread or P-line .
I’ve got some one pound spools of BPS Excel line I picked up cheap I use for backing . A one pound spool of 4# Excel is 11,400 yards . Gillchaser
Edit: I went ahead and filled the Crossfire’s , one with 6# Excel and the other with 4# Excel . Excel use to be my go to line , because it was good cheap line and I could change it out as often as I felt it needed it .

**Alphahawk** · 06-23-2018, 03:29 PM

Congrats on your new rods.

Regards

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**"G"** · 06-23-2018, 03:33 PM

Have fun with the new rods and catch a bunch

**gillchaser999** · 06-23-2018, 07:03 PM

Paired one of the Crossfires ( the one loaded with 4# Excel) with my 7’ Procyon UL this afternoon and took it to the town pond . I tied on a 1/80th woolybooger micro jig and added a small 3/4” weighted styrofoam ball float . Setup cast like a rocket .
I’d been casting, slow retrieving for about fifteen minutes and this little LM ate my jig . Fished for about an hour and half and this was all I could get to hit . Tried Trout Magnet for awhile and a 1” curlytail . Nothing .
BTW , earlier today , right after the thunderstorms went through , I fished the new St. Croix Trout 4’10” rod for a little over an hour and got skunked .
I think the five gallon bucket group have killed the town pond . I’m going to have to find another place to slim my rods .
The Crossfire/Procyon combo worked great together. I’m sure the Crossfire will work on the new Lightning Rods too. Gillchaser

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