Jeremy Mann

Yeah I wish I could have compared them in person. But no where around here has a good selection of these rods. The 7'3" H fast Powell is only rated at 1oz. And the MH swimbait is at 3 oz. That's what confuses me and guess it will until I've held one. But thanks to everyone for the response.

Yeah this confuses me. The Powell swimbait rod I ended up going with, is a MH with a moderate fast tip. But the lure rating is 3 oz. and I did check out the Okuma Helios mini guide rod. 7'6" xtra heavy. Lure rating is 2oz. But it's back ordered on tackle warehouse. And don't wanna get into that again. Because I've had a rod back ordered on there since April!

Yeah that would be helpful. But I tried the Alberto Knot. Will be the one I use from now on. Thanks.

Well some rod manufactures call them semi-micro guides. Sorry not sure what size guides this classifies. And even the small ones like on bps CarbonLite, the uni to uni will pass through, but they hit. And I feel like over time this may knock the inserts out. You're right about the ghost being insertless, but was just meaning, that's the size I'd like to find. But will give the Alberto knot a try.

Check out a Duckett Ghost rods. It's smaller than traditional guides. But bigger than some of the extremely small guides. And big enough for a uni to uni knot to pass through without resistance.

Yeah 650 bucks is a little out of my price range. LOL Looking to keep it around 100-150. But thanks anyways.. And I want a rod that is light and not extremely thick. Also want the semi-micro guides, not micro, b/c I'll be using braid, and tying fluro leaders for the swimbaits, wont pass though the guides very well.. So any other recommendations are appreciated.. Thanks..

I realize this isn't an ideal, but most of my fishing comes from the bank, small boat, or going in someone else's boat. So its not realistic to bring 10-15 different rods. I try to take about 6 rods to do everything I need to. I have a spinnerbait, crankin', MHF, and medium power Fast action casting rods, along with one spinning rod. Thats why I wanted to get someones input thats used flippin sticks and A-rig rods. Wondering which would be best for both... Thanks for the advice, it seems to me also, that the Magic stick may be the most versatile choice.

I'm looking to add a new casting rod to my collection. Will be used for swimbaits, umbrella rigs, frogs, and Flippin. So my question is, would it be better to get a Flippin stick and use it for all this? Or a swimbait/Umbrella rig rod and use it? Wondering if the swimbait would be sensitive enough for Flippin? But most Flippin rods only have about 1 1/2 - 2 oz lure rating. And swimbait Rods are 3 oz and up.. The two I've narrowed it down to are the Powell inferno 765 Swimbait rod. Or the iRod genesis II 7'5" Fred's magic stick or the 7'7" Flippin stick. Will be pairing it with a quantum energy 100 7.0:1 reel. Thanks any imput would be appreciated.