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[Sam]

Make that KVD, not DVD.

Sorry.

[Fishes in trees]

For a crankbait rod, I want a limber tip and a fairly stiff butt section.  There are lots of rods, from many different companies that fit this description.   Most of them are labeled as Medium.  The rod that saw the most crank bait service for me last year was a BPS Extreme 7'4" model.  It is several years old.  It was originally sold as Woo Davis's pitching stick.  For me, it sucked as a pitching rod, because its tip was way too flexible for me.

Now as a crankbait rod, that flexible tip is a good thing.  I carry a couple of them all the time.  One for square bills and another for various crank baits.  

Lots of guys advocate using fiberglass rods for cranking.   I've got a couple of then and I'm not a big fan of them, for a variety of reasons.  Mostly I don't think my fishing reflexes are so finely honed that I can purposely use a less sensitive rod.  When I fish by myself I carry 18 to 22 rods, rigged and ready to go.  A fiberglass crank rod hasn't made the cut for a number of years.  I have a few pals who fish cranks more than me and they can afford the LOOMIS crank rod and that's what they use.  They tell me that a LOOMIS cranking rod will exponentially increase my confidence using crankbaits.  I don't know about that.  Maybe some year, soon.

[flippin and pitchin]

The issue of crankbait rods comes up a bunch on this forum and most other forums. Probably more than any other rod type.  Personal preference is huge. There is no BEST rod or reel, just what works for you, your budget, your fishing style and your demands or expectations.  Before you buy, experiment as much as you can with as many brands, ratios, and material types until you find what feels good to you. I fish crankbaits more than twice as much as I did 7 to 10 years ago. My rod choices changed during that time too. The one thing I would suggest is rods with a slower more forgiving action and reels with a lower ratio if you fish deep divers alot. Good luck.

[Al Wolbach]

For anyone that is the market for a fairly inexpensive crankbait rod, and live near a BPS, check out the Browning Siliflex rods..............................Al

[Professional Overrun]

I looooove the lamiglass xcel 705glass rod. $90 rod with incredible feel and action for cranks and baits up to about 3/4 ounce. I broke a guide on my dobyns jig rod and picked up my crank rod to finish the day, first cast at one spot lands me a four pounder with that lamiglass. On a half ounce jig! I was amazed and i love that rod for crankbaits, but it was well worth its weight in gold yesterday! Also a very light rod!

[bassinKS]

Bluebasser86, on February 03 2012 - 06:49 PM, said:

The Veritas are nice rods and a friend of mine uses the one you described for cranking and likes it a lot. You must live close to the Olathe BPS, my wife works at that one which makes it hard for me not be in there at least once a week

i know how u feel..i am in there more than one time a week. Over the summer there was a period of time i was going in there everyday for probably 2 weeks. you could say they have a lot of my money haha
and yes i do live close to the Olathe BPS

[DaveT63]

If you got to this site, http://www.stcroixro...water-23-1.html  St Croix has their Premier Glass Crankbait rods on clearance.  $84 for the 6'6"MMF and $91 for the 7'MMF.  But if you decide to check it out, CALL them instead of ordering online to verify availability.

The other option is to buy used.  There are plenty of great rods out there available for great prices.  I just last week bought a Loomis CBR843 in great shape for just under $130 shipped.

Dave

[jj'sbassinforfun]

7 ft. MH/ Mod works for all my crankion needs. Lipless too! I tried a fast and seemed to pull them loose too much. Moderate is a bit more forgiving, So the fast became my swimbait rig.