deepvbasser

I also understand all the 2 rod recommendations. They're meant to help and I get that and I'm sure JHudd11 gets that too. But I agree with bassinbrian...on pretty much all points, the main one being the question "What type of rod would be best for both texas rig and crankbait fishing?" wasn't getting an answer (except bassinbrian's) Maybe at some point the question will progress to "what type of rod would be best for texas rig and what rod for crankbait fishing?" but for now, sounds like he wants one rod to do both, which i can relate to. When I first learned to bass fish and couldn't spend a lot much less have multiple rods, a tourney mentor recommended 1 rod to do multiple presentations, he said go with 7' MH/Fast. I rarely lost fish because of the fast action when crankin' (but I've obviously lost my share, even with moderate parabolic rods). He taught me to just not set the hook so hard and actually just sweep back reeling fast while loading up the rod. This worked for lipless and squarebill and if i went deep, he said just point the rod straight so as not to wear myself out. Worked great! Also used it for spinnerbaits and the fast action gave it strength to drive in the heavy spinnerbait hooks. As for T-rigs, finess, split shot, wacky, shakey all worked with that one rod. Just have to know how and what to apply for each presentaion. And yeah, there's a loss of sensitivity but not so much... even subtle hits were detected and if in doubt, i just set the hook with a pretty good ratio of success. That was a long time ago and I have way too many rods than I need now, multiples in all lengths, actions, and tapers, but my main go-to action/taper when I'm limited to just walking the shoreline or backseatin' with a primary boater will always have the 7' MedHvy/Fast and then 1 or 2 others. I don't mean to offend anyone, I know all responses are meant to help.

Thanx Chris! I appreciate the vote of assurance!

Important note: I think my issue below got replied to the wrong topic...but I did buy these rods for shaky heads, tubes, and heavy drop-shotting. Since alot of my buddies and the guys at the local shop keep telling me to go Dobyns, I picked up two 702SF Champion (1st Generation) rods (1 for me, 1 for my brother) on a clearance. Then I kept hearing about breakage problems, which is why Gary Dobyns went from China to Korea for his builders. So do I need to worry about my rods I just picked up? I still feel like I got a screamin' deal ($119 ea). I kept reading about tip breakage. Any skinny on that? I'm hopin' you tell me, NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT.