WPCfishing

I like the T Pro for almost everything, it's small and light weight and tough. I'm not so sure the Team reel is worth the additional money. American Legacy Fishing has both on sale. $167 & $139.. Lews makes great reels so what ever you decide to buy you will be happy with. I use a BB1 Pro and a BB1 for cranks and spinner baits. I get seriously long casts with them.

I've been using Floroclear 15# without issue on my bait casters. I bought 15 and 20# CX that arrived today. I'll be using both tomorrow. I'll post my review in this thread. PS: Seaguar Invisx sucks!

Do you have any other bait casters? How long have you been using a bait caster?

That's good to hear.. Years ago I had 4 tuna rods built. I don't remember the builders name, I do remember he was a Native American living in Ct. He built a superb rod. I'm confident Mike will do a good job for me and price should be fair. If all goes well I'm going to get crazy and go it with all custom rods.

Just joking with you Mike, I'll call you today. Wayne

LMAO good one!

Mike, it was really nice waiting for your call last night. Thank you for the hurry up and wait time.

St Croix Premier 1/4-3/4 with a Lews BB1 5:1:1 or my Fenwick HMG 3/8-1 with a BB1 Pro 7:1:1. Both reels are filled with 14# Sufix Siege.

Ok Mike!! lol

Information emailed to Brian. I'll be speaking with him later today. Thx for opening my eye guys.. The bubble has burst! This is good news for me sense I couldn't find what I wanted anywhere. It's not offered by the manufacturers. I kinda get the feeling now I'll end up with a better rod because of this. I'm thinking a black blank with red thread and all cork straight grip on a Fugi style reel seat with 3 legged guides.

I just pm'ed him.. Funny, I was on his website a week ago. I goggled worm& jig rod and his site came up in the search.

You all have my curiosity up.. Who can build me a 6ft 3inch heavy rod for worming and jigging? 3/8-1 or 1 1/4, I want a straight 10" cork handle and a Fugi reel seat. I also want quality guides that sit close to the blank with double legs excluding the last 3 or 4. I bought a Lews magnum One. Nice rod but to long for me to use properly. I fish standing in my canoe with an outrigger on it.

I bought a 5 HDI.. I want a Dragonfly now, Putting the 5 on ebay.

I recommend investing the majority of your money in a good reel on sale. Check ebay for sale prices on rods but more importantly reels.

Another consideration is resale, If you decide to sell a home brewed rod it's not worth a dime.. Just buy a rod and be happy. If you can't find one you like there's no way your going to have a rod built for $200.00 total that you will like at all.

If you buy a Lews be sure to open the reel and oil and grease it. They don't do much at the factory before it leaves. The BB1, BB1 Pro,Tournament Pro & Team Lite are nice reels. You're currently into Shimano and Abu reels so you should stick with them, they're familiar to you. I don't think you will be happy moving outside a safe box.

I completely agree.

I decided to keep the price down to a hundred bucks. Looks like I'm going to buy a Fenwick HMG or a Duckett Ghost. If I buy the Duckett I'm not sure what the weight ratings are. I want a 1/4-3/4 oz rod. I'm not sure which rod would work best for lighter cranks. The crank models are all 7- plus.. What about this one: http://duckettfishing.com/product.php?productid=16239&cat=269&page=1 ?

So far the Gl2 isn't doing well. Maybe they're relying on the Brand to sell them. dollar for dollar.. $200.00 rod comparisions

I'm looking too. I want 20-25# Flouro. I may try P-Line and Sunline. I'm also going to try braid with a leader. I'm keeping an open mind. Stepping out of my almost old fart bubble.

G Loomis has the GL2 rod for $200.00 It's there starter bass rod so there lowest priced bass rod. Duckett has the White Ice and it's there best rod for $200.00 so it there highest priced rod.. Which rod is a better value considering the rods are the exact same length and weight rating? Of course there are many rod we could do this comparison with so name away if you like, tet for tat.

I used Stren and Trilene for years. I find myself in the middle of all the line hype and got a good one right in the gazzoo! I'm using P-Line right now. I fished today and realized It's a good line but it doesn't give the feedback that the Flouro will. I'm going to try Sunline or P-Line Flouro next. It does make a positive difference.

I'll check them out.

Sorry that won't work for me. I want a 1/4-3/4 weight rating. for the cranks I'll be using. Thx

I agree, I'm going to use the 6:4:1 on a spinner bait rod.