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Ahhh ok, yea floro is perfectly fine for running ploppers and buzzbaits. I do that personally and it's not an issue. The nice thing about having a good combo jerkbait/topwater rod is now you can go down the jerkbait rabbit hole and suddenly your dropping 20 bucks a pop on Vision 110s! Weee

A 7 to 7'3" MH fast going to be a great all-purpose rod that can be used for techniques that have heavier hooks like Texas rigs, jigs, swimjigs, buzzbaits, ploppers, chatterbaits, Poppin frogs...all sorts of stuff. A shorter, more moderate action rod is more ideal for "tip down" fishing techniques like jerkbaits and topwater walking baits like spooks and poppers.

That's a bummer, my local cabelas still has a full rack of them.

Take a look at the St Croix legend tournament jerkbait/topwater rod. I have one and it's fantastic for topwater walking baits and poppers, and also a killer jerkbait rod. It's a 6'8 rod so it's made for tip-down use off a boat. If you already have a 7' medium heavy rod you're covered for buzzbait and ploppers. Beware though, once you go down the St Croix path.. suddenly they start multiplying. If you want a more budget friendly option, the in-house Cabela's Tournament ZX series also has a topwater/jerkbait rod that's a similar length and action.

What's your budget?

What stores have the new tatula rods? I havn't seen them anywhere yet.

Lucky SOB.

Been out of stock of right handers for a while now.

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If anyone is looking for a nice crankbait combo (duckett white ice 7'4 MM w/ 5.5 curado) OR a nice medium spinning combo (company that can't be named) HIT ME UP. Discounts for the folks in here. Gotta thin the herd a little.

Picked this up off Craigslist today for $160. 7'1" MH. I love the internet.

Have you tried Abu Garcia customer service directly? I've heard their reel customer service is quite good. Cool, I don't get sportsmens channel or world fishing network.

Link? I'm not seeing that

Seth Feider designed a Daiwa Elite spinning rod JUST for casting light hair jigs. It's long and extra whippy for super light tackle. It's the 7'6 ML model.

Will they put it online??

KVD 1.5's seem like a great place to start if you're bank fishing. Anything deeper is just gonna cause you headaches.

Tackle Direct has 10% off code "extra10" for all clearance. There's a bunch of Simms stuff and you can get a new Lews Pro Ti (right and left) for under 300 bucks. Looks like it's good until Sunday.

Dang that's a good crappie imitation. Plus there a $5 off code: NEWSDISCOUNT i was able to order 6 of them and use the code. Basically free shipping.

2500 for sure.

https://www.cabelas.com/product/bargain-cave/rock-bottom-deals/fishing-boating/pc/105591780/c/105642180/sc/105647580/cabelas-fisherman-series-go-to-stick-bait/1316464.uts?slotId=0 The cheap stickbaits are back. These are very close to Yum Digers. Nice baits.

https://www.cabelas.com/browse.cmd?categoryId=734095080&CQ_search=outkast&CQ_zstype=REG Half price Outkast jigs.. including their hand tied marabou hair jigs. The hair jigs are VERY high quality.

It's back in stock! Feed the monkey

Arg, I impulse bought the St Croix Legend Glass 7'2" MM that's up for $150. Cheapest I've ever seen that rod. I've been wanting a glass shallow crank rod for a long time.

I'm seeing 14$?

If you missed out on the TW sale, Academy has the outgoing Lew's LFS reels for the same price. https://www.academy.com/shop/browse/search?searchTerm=Lews lfs There's a new $99 LFS out now. The previous gen are all going on clearance. Does anyone have any academy codes to stack?