Hey guys,

So gander mountain has a sale on a Shimano Clarus 7ft med/fast action med power rod for 25% off. I was curious on what lures/technique would you use a med/fast act med pwr rod. Thanks

After reading a post of RoadWarriors that can be found in "the best of BR" I took his advice on using a 7' M/F spinning for senkos and similar plastics. I wanted a Compre but the local shop only had a Clarus at the time so I took it (with the $10.00 rebate) and I love it.

Whether you go spinning or baitcaster, my opinion is that it's a great rod, at 25% off I think it's a fantastic rod!

The only thing that I'm not happy with is that this years Shimano line has gone away from cork . Glad I did get a Compre before that happened.

Crank baits. A good multi-purpose rod for treble hooked baits. Not so good IMO for single hook lures.

Crank baits. A good multi-purpose rod for treble hooked baits. Not so good IMO for single hook lures.

that action makes a great fluke, tube, and weightless worm rod.

that action makes a great fluke, tube, and weightless worm rod.

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That's the Clarus Crankbait. It wouldn't be my first choice for plastics of any sort, let alone weightless worms and flukes.

that action makes a great fluke, tube, and weightless worm rod.

Shimano Med-Fast is more like a moderate. So this would be a crankbait rod.

Ok so if this is a good crankbait rod, what type of Cranks? Shallow/Med/Deep? What would be a good Senko/fluke, tube, and weightless worm rod? Thanks for all the input. I think i'm going to go get it in the next couple of days. Now i have another question, Should i keep a 5:3.1 reel or get something alittle faster for Cranks?

Ok so if this is a good crankbait rod, what type of Cranks? Shallow/Med/Deep? What would be a good Senko/fluke, tube, and weightless worm rod? Thanks for all the input. I think i'm going to go get it in the next couple of days. Now i have another question, Should i keep a 5:3.1 reel or get something alittle faster for Cranks?

It will work for all of them. A good plastics rod would be 7' MH Fast. 5.3:1 is perfect for crankbaits, I use a 5.0:1 and it works great.

Ok so if this is a good crankbait rod, what type of Cranks? Shallow/Med/Deep? What would be a good Senko/fluke, tube, and weightless worm rod? Thanks for all the input. I think i'm going to go get it in the next couple of days. Now i have another question, Should i keep a 5:3.1 reel or get something alittle faster for Cranks?

It's a good rod for shallow and medium cranks, it's not a deep crank rod at all, it doesn't have anything close to enough power in the butt to fish big, deep cranks.

A good "all around rod" is a 7' MH Fast, plastics, jigs, blades, even squarebills if you're hard pressed, can be fished on it. I personally don't have any 5:1 reels on crank rods, the lowest I have is 6.4:1. Some people really like them, but I'd rather have the 6.4 personally.

Ok thanks guys. I have a 7' MH fast rod at home that i will use my plastics on. Now with the rod i first asked about, besides it being a good shallow/med cranking rod, would it be a good spinnerbait rod as well or would i want to stick with the 7' MH fast rod for that?

Ok thanks guys. I have a 7' MH fast rod at home that i will use my plastics on. Now with the rod i first asked about, besides it being a good shallow/med cranking rod, would it be a good spinnerbait rod as well or would i want to stick with the 7' MH fast rod for that?

It will work fine with most treble hook lures.

Shimano Med-Fast is more like a moderate. So this would be a crankbait rod.

i have a lot of Shimano rods and ive had the opposite. M/F is more like a Fast. and thats all of their rods, especially the Cumara.

i have a lot of Shimano rods and ive had the opposite. M/F is more like a Fast. and thats all of their rods, especially the Cumara.

I don't disagree. The Clarus, though, in a Medium is a little underwhelming, thus my first response. It's quite flexible to the butt of the rod, it's not very fast at all.

ok so thank you everyone for your comments. Now that i've read everything, i want to lay out my setup and get your guys comments or improvements

1st: Shimano Clarus 7' MH fast--shallow Spinnerbait. 5.3:1 with 17 lb test

2nd: Shimano Clarus 7' M fast taper--Shaky head/dropshot. 6.2:1 with 14 lb test

3rd: Shimano ??? 6'6 med fast--Topwater. 5.3:1 with 14 lb test

4th: Pinnacle Bunner 6'6 med power but i don't know the action. i think it is a med action--crankbaits. 6.2:1 with 10 lb test but will be replaced due to low line, just don't know what size line i will put on there

Let me know what you think. Thanks