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Thanks guys. I'll just train myself to get comfortable with 7'+ rods. The options for shorter rods are dwindling across the board and I've come to realize since posting this thread that I'll have to make the move before long anyways.

How it fits in my hand and inches per turn are my top priorities other than the price and quality aspect. Drag doesn't matter too much. At 10lbs and more it's plenty. Capacity doesn't matter too much because almost nobody is going to spool a full spool unless you're trying to launch a heavy lure on 65lb braid with an SLX or something. Gear ratio doesn't matter too much as it's IPT that means something.

Laying the wood with jigs. Frogs too. I may just have to train myself to get comfortable with 7 footers the way I had to train myself to be comfortable with right hand retrieve reels when I first started when that's all that was in stores around here. I've since moved to left hand retrieve years ago and that's infinitely more comfortable but as far as short rods go it seems I'm about to be out of luck.

I DID research and couldn't find anything. If only people would read the OP they would see that I excluded a Dobyns Heavy because they're actually Medium Heavy. (That Fury is the only one like it they offer. I owned it and sold it off because it wasn't what I wanted.)

Something similar to a Dobyns Mag Heavy. I like 6'6" rods and want to find a rod like this to lay the wood with jigs. Right now I'm stuck with 7' Heavy and try as I might I hate fishing them. The length is too awkward. I'm dead set on 6'6" if such a rod exists.

I'm not talking about a MH that fishes as a H (like a St. Croix for example, according to who you talk to) or a H that fishes as a MH (Like Dobyns for example, according to who you talk to). Are there any 6'6" rods that are listed as a H and fish as a H? If someone can help me find one that would be amazing.

His boy Scott started it all by getting involved with the Googans. Now he's got ol Roland pimping that garbage. *Googan plastics excluded. I like those

8lb on small t-rigs on spinning gear. 12lb is the lowest I go for standard t-rigs on casting gear.

Looks like it belongs on a Favorite baseball team rod or something.

I'll email/message you tomorrow after I've got it out. It's not a problem. It is wasting away unused and out of commission.

Let me dig it out and I'll ship it to you for nothing. You might even be able to completely fix it for close to nothing.

Never fished them, but at that price point and quality, does it really matter and are you really gaining a lot?

Just an observation. Nothing of value in this thread other than open discussion. I hated Fury rods and got rid of the fleet I bought, but fished a friend's Sierra some months back and loved it. Now I have a couple Sierra rods and a Champion and will add more. Alright so we all know Dobyns runs a little lighter than their listed power compared to other companies. They have the Mag Heavy. The Heavy should be a Mag MH, the MH should be a Mag M and so on. That would be a more accurate way to label their rods and help potential buyers. Their rods are in a strange in-between power. Talk away. Or don't. Good being back after a prolonged break due to illness that has kept me from fishing or doing much this second half of the summer. I'm 95% now so all good.

I don't remember if I posted in here yet but we're moving from Illinois to Tennessee come March-early spring. Illinois sucks in every way. Fishing played a part in our decision. My wife's sister is also following.

IPAs are my favorite beers so any bite Guinness has is undetectable by me lol. I call it adult chocolate milk.

Nice. I put away a lot of Guinness lol.

You'll have to wait on someone better than me to help you out. I'm just here to say WOW! You're getting below freezing temps already barely halfway through September?

Yeah, same here, guys. Except I'm not an old timer. Most of my rods are 6'6". A few are 7' because it was necessary and couldn't be found shorter. Fishing a 7'+ rod feels very awkward for me and I stand 6' tall. I describe it as a 3rd grader trying to grip and throw an NFL sized football. It just feels bad. I don't know why. Everyone is different. 6'6"-6'10" rods have never been a problem for any technique I've ever fished. Some say that you need a long rod for this or that. Baloney. I don't fish big swimbaits and I could see needing a long rod for that, but that's it.

Too many variables. There is no typical answer. It's different every time.

6'8" M EWG It would be a spinning rod. I mostly fish rivers and ponds from the bank, wading, or kayaking. This would be best for me. I'd just throw a Senkos, Trick Worms, Ned Rigs, grubs, small cranks, poppers, etc.

There's never a reason to leave a frog in the throat. It's not that hard to get out, but when it does get a little challenging, almost anything around you can dislodge it with a little force. That's a real shame.

Live bait catches more fish, just not always or even usually the target species or sizes.

This Facebook apology by the owner is one of the most pathetic things I've ever read: “No negative comments please as I am dealing with each person individually on these issues. My deepest apologies. Over the last several months 5X3 has gotten a tarnished name and I want to personally take the blame as the owner. I took on to many ventures at once buying a couple other businesses and letting 5X3 fall to the way side. Not intentionally at all. I have said things under stress to customers that I regret and want to apologize for and I will contact them personally to try and make things right. All remaining orders that are backdated are being sent as we shipped almost 200 orders yesterday and I want to offer partial refunds, extras or gift cards to customers with extended delays. Growing pains, oversight, not paying attention....call it what it is and that’s poor business decisions on my part. I forgot our customers and without customers there is no 5X3. I tried to “reboot” the company back a couple of months ago and it didn’t go so well either so what we have done is hired people to come in and restructure the business putting customer service at the forefront. We are placing our customer at top of the pyramid of the 5X3 business model. I am human and have made huge errors and I am making changes to make our customers #1 again. We are going to stop preorder and keep items in house that ship with 48 hours starting in the coming weeks. I have customers and staff to reach out to that I need to apologize to and I will make this priority starting today. Once again I want to thank all our valued customers and look forward to reaching out to people the rebuild confidence and make 5X3 what is once was. My sincerest apologies to all.”

Been sick for a long time and haven't gotten to fish a lot. A few of my best Smallies from the past few short trips I've been able to make. My lungs are slowly but surely getting better so hopefully I can make a full fall out of it.

You'll never get what the company calls max line capacity. They get those numbers in the factory perfectly machine spooled under perfect conditions. Every line also differs in diameter. What a company calls 120 yards of 12lb line is specific to the brand of line used.