Quote Originally Posted by Hershey102 View Post
In defense of a separate frog rod, I keep a 7' fast action rod spooled with 17# test for this purpose. My other rods are spooled with 10#. Will 10# work? Sure. But it's convenient to have a rod setup for a special situation and my hunch is that most froggers also use heavier line than they would otherwise because of the abrasive cover and challenge of turning the fish before it buries itself in the slop. Is it a "new fad"? If 40 years of carrying a frog rod counts as a new fad, then I plead no contest.
I don't use braided line for anything but frogs, I almost exclusively use flurocarbon and it does not work for a frog, so I don't keep a "special" rod just for frogging because the length and action are the same as other rods I have - it's because of the line and reel speed I keep a frogging set-up