Thread: Favorite bluegill rod

The Cabelas "Trout Series" rods have become a favorite of mine. Ended up with every model they had. Sorry to see them discontinued.

yes some eagle claw,the feather lite series,pick them up on ebay for 10-15 bucks,i also build some.
i try to keep the length no longer than 7', fishing in timber i break a lot if tips. the eagle claw rods can take more abuse then most,except for solid glass,which is heavy.

surfafish
i have a couple of those rods,they are great rods ,i do not fish them in the timber though ,creeks only for those.

Originally Posted by thompmd

Thinking of purchasing a G Loomis sjr700 and wondered if anyone has used this? I tried their U/L rods and thought they were too light.

What does everyone else use?

For crappie I use Bass Pros Micro Lites 7ft ul and for dipping around trees at Reelfoot for gills a 9-6 Grizzly Elite Jig an Fly rod. Grizzly was about 45 dollars and the Micro Lites are on sale for 30 dollars.

Greetings Shooter,
Great minds thinking alike.... I also have a fondness for Eagle Claw glass fly rods. I have a 7ft."Water Seal" model in 5wt. that I have fished for 20 some years. Great rods for roll casting to "redbellies" and "Brookies"

I'm with CrappiePappy on this one!!!! I own 4 Berkley Cherrywood Rods (6'5 length, 2 piece) for Sunfish and Crappie jiggin and 2 Berkley Lightnin Rods (6'5, 2 piece) for finesse jiggin for larger species (Smallies and Bucketmouths). Give up some of the sensitivity with the Lightnin Rods but they have a stiffer, stronger backbone for the bigger fish! Got'em all rigged with different type jigs and colors. And yes, I treat'em like gold!!!!

That is a very nice rod. Enjoy it. Take good care of it; but keep in mind that it is more important that is be used well than it remain pristine!

I love my diawa spinmatic 71/2 footer with a mitchell 308 and power pro 8/1 line. on a 7.5' rod the lil suckers really fight especially when the do that circle thing.