Steve Myers

Hi, I live in florida and I swim a jig around alot of grass and reeds for big fish. I'm looking for a better rod than the flipping rod I'm using now. Please help me decide. I'll be using straight braid 30#-50#. My buddy has been using the new st. Croix legend glass 7'2" heavy chatterbait rod with good success (he says he can feel the bite better) but I'm no sure what to get, I do like shorter lengths 7'1-7'3

The klx has the same blank as the helium so I guess the hardware is 50 dollars different. I ordered a helium before xmas and they made a mistake and never sent it so when I called trey built me one out of the new blank for the sale price of 219.00 so i guess that's lucky. This rod is a 7'3" heavy and is has quite a bit more power than the one I ordered but I like it. I caught a 7lb on xmas day and it handled it great (frog) but i ordered it for football jigs and i think it may be to stiff for that, we will see. Last years rod was rated 3/8-1 1/4 this one is 3/8-2 . I wish I could see a feel these rods before buying so I can get the action I want. Trey prefers this business model and it's his to run how he wants. I love kistlers rods but for anything over 250.00 I think there are alot of rods with better warranty out there. I've doing business with the Kistlers since treys dad was a castaway and they sponsored me so I'd like to stay but I wont buy until they go on sale if they do.