stratos4me Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 From what I gather, the Expride 7'7" Heavy is kind of an unusual rod. I'm interested to know from those who own the rod what you use it for. Moderate flippin? Frogs? Spooks? Jigs? Swimbaits? What do you use it for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwateronly Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 45 minutes ago, stratos4me said: From what I gather, the Expride 7'7" Heavy is kind of an unusual rod. I'm interested to know from those who own the rod what you use it for. Moderate flippin? Frogs? Spooks? Jigs? Swimbaits? What do you use it for? I use it for Arigs, deep cranking, 6” swim baits on a jig head, hair jigs, flutter spoons, swim jigs, small glides, and pitching. The mod/fast action is great but it comes with slightly less sensitivity than a 7’6MH, so I don’t love dragging jigs on it. All my exprides are the A series. scott 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratos4me Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 10 minutes ago, softwateronly said: I use it for Arigs, deep cranking, 6” swim baits on a jig head, hair jigs, flutter spoons, swim jigs, small glides, and pitching. The mod/fast action is great but it comes with slightly less sensitivity than a 7’6MH, so I don’t love dragging jigs on it. All my exprides are the A series. scott When you're pitching and set the hook in cover do you feel like the tip is too soft? Is the tip too light for weedless swimbaits on beast hooks? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwateronly Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 12 minutes ago, stratos4me said: When you're pitching and set the hook in cover do you feel like the tip is too soft? Is the tip too light for weedless swimbaits on beast hooks? Thanks. I prefer to fish 6-7” beasthook baits on an XH because the 7’7H was sometimes not getting good hook penetration. The first third is soft, you really need to reel sweep set in most circumstances. I don’t pitch flip often but when I did I had no trouble getting good hook sets in the 10-15’ range. scott 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shie Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 I don't personally own one, but my buddy uses his for smaller swimbaits. S waver 168s, gantarel jr., etc. It seemed to have a soft tip from what I can remember. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User NorthernBasser Posted March 25 Super User Share Posted March 25 Tim and Matt actually talk about that model in their newest video. 35:00 mark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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