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Have you actually handled it? I thought the same thing until I held one. Didn't bother me. Like road warrior said, I'd pick another rod. I wouldn't recommend shaving the cork

One tactic... I don't have the rod now but I'd probably throw senkos on a dx 743c Haha. I guess I'd just keep my lews tp in it. Line, braid to fc leader.

I fish them any way I would a senko

I think so.

IMO if you can stick with the Chronarchs, I would stick with them. I use a Lews TP in 6:1 on my Dobyns 705cb for shallow cranks and catch plenty of fish. If I feel like I need to slow down, I can. I'd rather slow down than speed up.

I like my Lews TP's, especially when I can find them around 150. But, like some others have said, its pretty hard to go wrong at that price point. If you can handle them or even mount them on the rod you plan on putting it on I would definitely do that. You can see how they balance and fit together.

Not a bad idea. I could steal the brush piles with that and put them where I want them!

I'd go 30 too

I prefer cork too but I'm in my mid 20's. Am I an old soul, or are you young at heart? Maybe cork just feels better, haha.

I'd buy a Berkley rod for 5 bucks

That was awesome

I do need to man up...

I'd look to spend about 100 on the rod and 50 on the reel. Lots of good options out there at those price points

That's more like it

Haha thanks guys. I've never really fished much out of a bass boat. I'm mostly in my kayak hitting the shallow water. I didn't know how gnarly you might expect deep brush piles to be. I had a feeling my set up would be fine, just wanted to be more than sure. Sadly.... I was kind of hoping someone would tell me I needed a 745 so I could justify buying a new rod

Looks good to me. See how the fish like it now

I will be going out fishing in the near future with a friend that apparently likes to hit submerged brush piles pretty hard. I'm not sure of the depth where the pile are at, but I'm assuming nothing deeper that ~25ft. My question is, do you think my Dx 744c/Lews TP 7.1:1/50#PP rig will be man enough to tackle brush piles? I'm planning on using it to throw jigs and t-rigs around 1/4-1/2oz. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks in advance!

As long as its not the "super salt" or whatever they call it. The un-salted worms will float pretty well. These are the majority of what I use as well

The only time I don't use a jig is when there is massive amounts of algae, or I'm not fishing.

Also Powell endurance

Replacing a guide is a pretty straight forward repair. If you can't find someone to do it, it shouldn't be that hard to accomplish on your own.

I throw 1/2oz red eye shads the most. My favorite square bills are the old lucky craft Rick Clunn models

senko

Just don't throw your bottle at them and I think you'll be fine

Like BASSclary said, I wouldn't throw 1/2oz jigs on it. I would look for a heavier, longer rod for that. The 683 is a very versatile stick. I think I threw just about everything I have on it at one point or another.