Quote Originally Posted by DaveStewart View Post
All my crankbait rods are glass.

A comment on the losing fish on crankbaits vs mechanics:

The biggest mistake I see folks doing when they hook up with a nice fish on a crankbait is to fight the fish with the rod tip pointed toward the sky...man that is just asking to loose a big fish. Most fish get off your crankbait (and other lures but especially crankbaits) by getting slack in the line and then shaking their heads to throw the lure. If you have your rod pointed up and the fish comes out of the water, the first thing that is going to happen is slack in the line...head shake...then off or she will get rid of most of the hooks and then get free on the next hard run or jump. I always try to teach my clients to fight the fish with the rod down and at an angle to the fish...when you do this you have control of the fish and when she comes up you can put pressure on the fish and keep the slack out of the line and reduce the head shaking.

There you go fellas in a nutshell. I'm still guilty of this at times but I'm getting better about remembering to keep the rod tip low. This works on other lures too not just cranks.