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A generous range for this lure here would probably be 2-5lbs. Cant imagine anything smaller or bigger on a regular basis

Thank you! Another thing I forgot to mention is my lakes are full of weeds, and it doesn't help that I don't prefer to fish deep. Does the hard catch a lot of weeds in your experience? The texas rig feature of the soft ones was a big plus for me

Yeah I have the line thru and think it's excellent. I meant if swimbaits such as money minnows or basstrix aren't rigged perfect they swim abnormally

I'm slowly starting to fall in love with the swimbait world - they're not huge here in the NE like they are in California and other parts of the US. Trying to save a few bucks, I'm debating between the Savage Gear 4play and the Soft4Play. My take on the two (and swimbaits in general) is I would like the hard one for reusability mainly. I love the look and detail in the soft ones, but they will eventually get torn up. If not by bass, they will by pike for sure. Also in the past I've found that if some paddle tail or soft swimbaits aren't rigged 100% perfect they just swim plain bad. If you guys have any opinions on which route to go that would be awesome

That's another thing, I fish 6'6" M or MH pretty religiously, I can't go any longer or it just bugs me. My only two designated rods are for worms and topwater. So this new rod could be throwing spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, smaller swimbaits, etc. etc.

I'm looking to venture out a little bit for my next casting rod. Right now I fish only Falcon and Abu rods pretty strictly. I just returned a St Croix Mojo Bass and am fishing on a backup Daiwa until I settle on another. As of now, I'm thinking of getting another Falcon Bucoo, but the *** & the Duckett Ghost have both caught my eye. I don't know a ton about these brands or models so if you guys have any feedback on either that'd be great. (By the way, if you didn't infer, my budget is in the $100 range if you have other suggestions)