Quote Originally Posted by LarryG View Post
Dont go overboard on special rods. To begin with, jerk baits work well during certain seasons, a lot of the time they just sit in your tackle box.The last guy gave you good advice. If you are wealthy, buy one,but if you use spinning gear, a good 7 ft rod, from BPS that will cost you at most 40 bucks will work for anything. This hype about cranking rods, spinner bait rods, worm rods is mostly just that hype. Pros that fish for a living can deduct a lot of stuff, its their tools, and a lot of them get tackle for nothing, so they can spread the word to guys that get certain magazines.Save your money, put it in your gas tank.
I agree 100%. I bet if some of the big name pros starting using a Zebco 33 combo, the 33 would become the best thing since sliced bread. I'm not knocking the 33; I have caught some really nice fish with them. Just trying to get across the point that great marketing sometimes sells not so great stuff.