Jerkbait Rod?

[kc]

I'm not a pro but using the right rod for specific techniques greatly improve your chances of success. If you try to use the wrong rod you will not achieve the right effect or have the right feel. Said another way rods are like tools to the craftsman. If you use the right tool the job is much easier and the results are much better. I learned this the hard way years ago when night fishing with a buddy of mine on KY lake. We were jig fishing and I had my trusty $40 heavy action every-day Shakespeare rod and my buddy had a MBR783 and was nailing the bass right and left but I couldn't feel them pick up my jig and wiffed over and over. I was getting bites but couldn't feel them pick it up and when I did feel them it was too late to stick them. Finally, he started throwing a spinnerbait and I asked to try out his rig. I caught one on the second cast. The difference was like night and day. I now own 15 - 20 Loomis rods and my fishing success has grown by leaps and bounds since those penny pinching days.

As far as jerk bait rods are concerned I tend to prefere MH spinning rods. I know it is not the norm but I like smaller jerks, lighter line, and prefer the more sensitve feel I get with spinning tackle. To each their own...

kc

[LarryG]

yes there are rods for a single pupose, like when i trolled the great lakes, downrigger rods were necessary,but those rods came in all kinds of prices,yes there was a time when I had more dollars than sence, never thouight those good ole days would end, but they did, sold those rods at a fraction of what they cost. Moved here to the cumberland area,and wanted to start again, but this time, wentr practical. Manual instead of electric riggers, penn reels and ugly sticks, work just fine.

[kc]

I guess I am just highly a finesse fisherman that depends on feel. Some techniques are not that dependent on feel but many (such as jig fishing) are. The rod is the main element if you need/want to feel the lure and what is going on with it and the quality of the rod makes a huge difference. I used to have the same mindset (save a buck) but after having my butt handed to me on a platter on the water so-to-speak I have changed my priorities.