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What brand make this rod at $175 I'm interested

That rod is perfect I've held it but it's definitely too light it it would be for skipping 3/8 oz jigs

Looking for a baitcasting rod with a soft tip anyone have a rod in the $100 price range they can recommend

Yeah generally the bullheads don't get very big

Lol ? bullhead, I fish for a lot of species that's a channel.

Thought Id throw this update out there. I have gotten really good at sharpening hooks now

Ok well talking hooks I just got some Berkeley fusion hooks has anyone tried them before cuz price wise there pretty affordable and they feel sticky sharp grabbed a pack for the replacement trebles I just decided it's to challenging to sharpen them compared to single hooks

Yeah I think I that was the big problem. Reason I wanted to get this down is not just my tube jig hooks but also my crank bait hooks it's going to get warm soon and I want to throw some of my cranks but I felt the hooks and they weren't very promising and buying new vmc or gamakatsu hooks would be expensive

Just practiced on a random hook I think the problem was wasn't following the flat edge that goes to the hook point

That's what I have. so I file the hook point towards me So ur saying do the opposite?

It has 2 sides fine and coarse I use fine side with a few light strokes could it be the file it was like $5 Yeah I like to get my hooks sharp cuz in the summer when I fish the river it's like 2-3 feet deep and very easy to get hung up so I use bps squirt tubes with the squirt tube jigs and they are cheap and come in fairly decent size packs but the hook dull every time it gets hung up for a second so I thought easy fix hook file but I suck at it and I was doing the nail test and was barley scratching my nail

I've already seen that and it just made my hook more dull I know that I have to hold it at a low angle and swipe away from the hook point but I seem to just make my dull hooks more dull

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong or if it's just my hook file but my hooks seem to not get sharper

Ok cuz I wanted to get it but I wanted it for something more than just night also I fish like chicken noodle soup