I currently own a CBR 843 and 847.  I've been thinking about getting the 845 and using it for my all purpose crankbait rod.  I mainly throw traps and crankbaits up to around 8 ft deep.  I was wanting to turn my 843 into a topwater rod to throw buzzbaits and pop rs.  I've never had a rod dedicated to top water and I feel like it has really hurt my fishing in the past by not always having something top water tied on at the right moments.  My question is do you think the 845 will handle the traps and smaller cranks just as good as the 843, or would you just get a Loomis top water rod and keep the 843 for throwing cranks?  That was my first thought but I'm not sure how well the top water series will handle buzzbaits and I've already used the 843 for pop r's and buzzbaits and it does just fine.  I'd love to hear some opinions from some of you guys with the CB rods or someone who uses the top water series.

the cbr845 will easily handle 95% of all the trebles you'll ever throw...one of the better all-around crankers out there, imo.

personally, never cared for the 843...it just never seemed to have the power i felt i needed for my type of fishing...that said, if you're happy with it for topwater, then gaining the cbr845 would seem like solution solved in your case...along with the 847, you'll be able to cover a great amount of bases with just 3 sticks.

as far as the loomis topwater series, have limited use with them and tend to shy away from them and the spinnerbait series...they are good rods but, personally, have yet to find a better pop-r/pointer rod than the mbr782 or a better spinnerbait/buzzbait rod than the mbr783.

ymmv.

the cbr845 will easily handle 95% of all the trebles you'll ever throw...one of the better all-around crankers out there, imo.

personally, never cared for the 843...it just never seemed to have the power i felt i needed for my type of fishing...that said, if you're happy with it for topwater, then gaining the cbr845 would seem like solution solved in your case...along with the 847, you'll be able to cover a great amount of bases with just 3 sticks.

as far as the loomis topwater series, have limited use with them and tend to shy away from them and the spinnerbait series...they are good rods but, personally, have yet to find a better pop-r/pointer rod than the mbr782 or a better spinnerbait/buzzbait rod than the mbr783.

ymmv.

Thanks fathom you've answer pretty much all I needed to know!

Picked one up last night from ohya for 186.00 plus free shipping!

Picked one up last night from ohya for 186.00 plus free shipping!

good deal...and jimmy's good to deal with.

The 843 7' Medium works for me as does the BPS Crankin Stick. 

CBR845 is perfect for traps and med running crankbaits. I also used it for spinnerbaits as well.