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Has anyone tried these rods? What did you think? Thanks!

I mainly river fish for smallies and am looking into picking up a new stick for fishing jigs, tubes, and various other soft plastics on. Looking at the various rods on the market and these Daiwa Steez rods have really caught my attention. I am interested in any reviews that anyone may have on the 6'8" Compile-X, Medium Lite Action rod... Thanks in advance...

Every "family" has their moments . You always will have a few guys trying to cause trouble, but some forums just seem to thrive on it making it just an unfriendly atmosphere for everyone. Been looking for a forum to learn some new secrets on and maybe share the few things I have learned over the years. Looks like I have found the place. Take care and nice fish in the avatar there. Kory

Thanks man, pretty cool board here. Seems friendly, which is not very common with most of these fishing forums. Ton's of great information here. I can see I will not be getting much done today

It all depends on what you are trying to mimic. If you are using a color to try and mimic a crayfish than dragging it accrossed the bottom or small hops are the way to go, but in all honesty a tube or small skirted jig with trailer would probably work better in most cases for this. Grubs still can work great though.... Most of my grub fishing is with baitfish colored patterns and is fished to mimic baitfish. I try to rig them with lighter jig heads so they have a stalled effect on the drop, just try various twitches, jerks, and retrieves to see what works best at that time....

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