tacklejunkie

I personally started buying Lew's rods n reels and the 7ft 3 custom lite medium heavy moderate fast casting rod couldn't have been a better choice for its versatility as you mentioned you were looking for. The first time out i threw a neko rig with a 3/32 nail weight in the head of an 8 inch Yamamoto senko and had amazing success hooking and landing 3 plus pound largemouth. The softer tip kept me from breaking off on a powerful hookset and the extra length gave me complete and total control while fighting these fish to the boat. Meanwhile my next time out still only using this one rod I was able to land fish very effectively throwing 1/2oz spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, football jigs and Texas rigs. The only people to claim technique specific rods are the manufacturer to get the public to purchase more and more rods more than one needs. You really only need 4 or 5 good casting rods that cover the small spectrum of powers and actions. Throw in a med lite exfst spinning for for finesse techniques and thats all you really need. Rick Clunn mentioned while commentating an elite series tournament that when he was dialed in he never had more than 5 rods on his front deck and that man is a freaking legend. Possessing countless rods is what big name advertisers want so youll bring more money into their pockets. Give that some thought.