Derek Haller

The new glass rod works great! Definitely would recommend to an yu one looking for a cranking rod. The new e glass used makes the rod lighter than my last 7'4" KVD composite rod. Great feel with this rod and it even boated two 3lbers for me over the weekend! I still do have some bait tumbling with lures that are light weight with large bills. I'm getting more consistent at not helicoptering my bait and it comes down to smoothness of the cast and also loosened up the tension knob so there's less drag.

Tonight I spent a few hours visiting all the different shops near me, ended up with a 7'4" st Croix medium power moderate action glass rod. It feels good in the hands and I think it will be a great all around crank rod. The medium power rod feels closer to a MH power. It was a tough choice between this and the Duckett medium crank rod which had a bit more whip to it. Final decision came down to the build of the two rods, st Croix much more rigid looking, but not as gigantic as your typical full size crank rod. Trying it out tomorrow morning will see!

I have a Cabelas, gander mountain, and ap and bobs private shop near me and Im finding it hard to find an assortment of rods with mod-fast action. Only e6x by Loomis. Nice rod. More than I'd like to spend. Never heard of Phoenix though

Papa joe thinking back to how i cast you are 100% right. Im throwing that bait as hard as i can, thinking of getting a different rod for all around cranking. I dont do much real deep 20ft plus hardly ever so i am probably going to have to pickup a decent 7' mod action rod. Suggestions?

I have this exact rod, just bought it this year on a good deal. For me I tried using with jerkbaits and it works well for small ones but anything 7 foot deep plus it was just not enough back bone for me. However this has been an awesome rod for topwater baits. Im switching it to my worm rod since i have a different rod that will work fine for topwater.

I may try this because I can cast my one reel that has mono a good distance without any trouble. Also the distance between rod tip and lure is something I've been trying. Works well sometimes just not consistent. Deep lining isn't a very good solution for what I'm doing. I've been using this reel a while, newer rod but similar to my old crank rod. I'll try some of the suggestions this weekend and report back. Thanks for all the suggestions! Anyone know roughly how much changing from 10lb fluro to 12lb mono will affect lure depth?

Trying to throw to hard may be part of my problem but if I don't get the crank out far it barely hits full depth before coming up to the boat. The rod is rated for 3/8- 1 oz lures. And I agree it's partly due to the huge bill however I know people can cast them good.. frustrating because certain colors in the strike king line up work best for me.

Searched the forum for anyone else that might have this same issue but have not found anything. First off I'm not new to bait casters have been using them for 9 years or so and recently have started fishing deep cranks. Casting distance is obviously important with cranks to maintain depth. My problem is everytime I throw a 3-6xd crank it helicopters like crazy in the air before landing 25 yds away. Setup- 7:4" KVD casting rod. 5:1 curado with 10lb seagur fluro. Brake and drop tuned correctly. Also I have no problem getting good distance on my DT cranks. Any advice would be great. Thanks in advance.