I have to differ on taking 6 with you. Sometimes I have 10 or 12 rods in the boat. It would take a book to get into all of the nuances and detail but I have evolved my fishing to where I have specific rod/reel combos for certain techniques. So sometimes (well most of the time really) when I am going out and I am not honed into what the fish want and a specific technique or two I end up taking a bunch of rods with different lures so that I can try different things. I mean I have a rod that all I use it for is C-rigs. I have another rod that always has a jig tied on. Beyond that I have rods that I may use for several techniques but I may adapt the line. For instance I have a 6-6 MH Loomis spinning rod which in the late-fall / winter / early spring is my shad rap or small jerk bait rod rigged with 6 or 8 lb line. When the fish move up shallow I will spool 12 lb and use it for sluggo-type swimming worms or T-rig tubes. In the summer at night still using the 12 lb I will fish tube jigs. But those several techniques are about all that I do on that rod. I fish spinnerbaits on 3 different casting rods depending on which blade I am throwing. I fish a small 1/4 oz blade on a 6' M casting rod. I fish my night drop blades on a 6'6" MH rod and for honkin' tandem blades or "ledge" blades I have a heavy action casting rod reserved. And I may have all three of those different blades tied on and in the boat at once. So my arsenal is highly tuned to the techniques I use which I have many and I am always looking out for new ones...
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