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Because if it was to fish only with 1/8 - 3/16oz weights plus trailers I would go with the 852 (as RW suggested), but if the 853´s ex-fast tip loads well with a 3/16oz I would choose it because it would be a more versatile rod. I just don´t know how is the G. Loomis GLX ex-fast fast action...can you help me?

Can anyone tell me if the 853 has a true lure rating? Does it load well with 3/16oz weight? I never fished with a ex-fast rod, that´s my concern...

I never went over 1/4oz, but I might one day, don´t know....

And with a 1/4 weight?

But if you could go with only one of those (852/3/4), what would be your choice? '

I wish I could....

Wouldn´t it be on the weak side with a heavier weight on it?

With your 803 could you cast easily a ptl craw d´oeuvre (or something like it) with a 1/8 - 3/16oz bullet weight?

Just would like to add that would´t be just 1/8oz, would be a 1/8oz weight plus a SK Rage Craw or a Baby Brush Hog or something like that... And does the 853 have a true lure rating? Does it load well with 3/16oz weight?

Hello I´m a bankfisherman and I´m looking for a texas rig rod, I mainly fish with a 1/8 - 3/16oz weight plus the plastic bait, sometimes due to the wind factor I go up to a 1/4oz weight. But we all try to cover all the angles and so I think, and if someday I need to use a 5/16 or even a 3/8oz? If I want to fish deeper or further (if this happens it would be very very very, very occasionally). I don´t fish in heavy cover, maybe sometimes in sparse cover. I´m looking to the GLX JWR casting rod line up and I don´t know if I will chosse the 852, the 853 or even the 854...is the 852 the right choice? Can the 853 cast a 1/8oz t-rig and handle a 3/8oz? Will the 854 load a 1/8oz as well? Since I´m a bankfisherman I think a 7´1" rod would be a good choice to improve casting distance, now I only need to choose the rod´s power...I´m leaning toward the 853, am I choosing right? And being so I think the main question is, does the 853´s tip loads well and can cast well a 1/8oz t-rig? What do you guys think? I´ve been searching and reading and still can´t figure it out which of them would be a better choice. Here where I live I can´t go to a shop and handle the rods and since there isn´t an industry standard and every manufacturer has their own concept of rod´s power and action (and I´m not familiar with G. Loomis´rods) I really don´t know what to choose. And also don´t want to wast money in something that isn´t what I´m looking for and need. Can you help me? Give me some input please and shed some light on this. Thanks. Regards.

Yes it does, thank you.

That´s a fact!!

Ok. Nice... then let us know how it went. Thanks.

So they only take it on the fall.....?

Do you work it like a "normal" football jig?

X2!

Nice!!!

Just wish they were more durable....

Love the baby brush hog!

Great!! Thanks.

Did you find the grip to be slippery when wet? Or when our hands would be wet?...

Nice! Keep them coming...

As a matter of fact I´ve caught my first swimjig bass from shore yesterday...a 3 pounder....

Hi Matt Using a baitcaster or a spinning reel is a matter of preference, but if you´re just starting maybe a spinning reel (and rod) will be easier for you. Regarding lures, I don´t know how your waters are (lots of wood/ weeds or open water, color, etc...) but for general use and purpose I would recomend some spinnerbaits and some soft baits. With those you can cover a lot of water and pick apart some structures or weeds that you may have over there.

Or don´t have the room to store one...