Huckfinn38

Just did 12 packs for price of 6. They are also doing buy 3 Jack Hammers get 3 free. Their retail price is $20 per but you would still be getting 6 for $60 which at $10 per is a great deal

$37 academy. Crazy

I bought this rod hoping it was a little heavier version of a Shimano xpride EXC610MB. I was hoping the Daiwa Zillion rod would be a better fit for deep diving jerkbaits. Ie Berkley Stunna 112 + 2. Both rods are 6’10. The xpride is medium with a moderate fast action weighted 1/4-3/4 oz while the Daiwa Zillion is 6’10 with a medium heavy power and what Daiwa calls a “Regular” action which I understood as moderate fast. It is weighted 1/4-1 oz. Tackle Warehouse shows this as a bladed jig rod which i thought would translate to a good topwater/jerkbait rod as well as be good for bladed jigs. I was wrong. The rod is closer to a moderate action than a moderate fast action, diameter is substantially bigger than the xpride, and it is somewhat tip heavy. I guess due to all the glass in the blank it is also heavier than i want for a jerkbait rod and for me a tip heavy rod doesn’t work for jerkbaits either. I learned all this by fishing it all day yesterday so there is no returning it. I’ll probably keep as a bladed jig/spinnerbait/squarebill/crankbait rod.

The closet rod you will find to throw both would be a Dobyns Champion 705 cb (not the glass). Great rod but might be little over loaded with a 6xd.

ha funny you mention that. It was horrible. Since I build rods I added a hook keeper above the foregrip.

I have searched for rods and built rods over the last 18 months in an effort to find the best jerkbait rod under $300 and the Shimano Expride EXC610MB is the best one I have found. Light, balanced, and great rod action. It is good for both 110 jr +1 and 110 +1.

I am very different. I stay seated as i suck at balancing. I have discovered that I can throw perpendicular to the bank opposite of my reeling and work a jerkbait perfectly.

Always

Falls/Jordan/Shearon Harris I fish Shearon Harris a lot and have had some epic days but also get skunked there. I have never got skunked at Fall Lake. Put in a Barton Creek Boat Ramp

I get that but a 7.1:1 Shimano Tranx HG is 28 ipt and a Shimano Metanium HG is 30 ipt. Getting a buzzbait up quick is tough with 28 ipt.

Been using a Shimano Tranx 150 XG (32 ipt) for last couple times out. Enjoy throwing T -Rigs and jigs with it and I really like it for chatterbaits. Reeling it slow then a quick half turn really makes a chatterbait dart/hunt. I got decent fish in a blow down and the XG was good at getting it out quickly. Im not sure if its the Trax gear but there is hardly any torque if any.

Sarcasm. I love Digitaka but my wallet down

Wow those are good prices

The crazy thing is that a lot of these reels are available new at Digitaka for nearly the same price. Digitaka btw is the devil

Dont get any of the JDM Metanium. I am warning you now. 1 turns into 6 or 7 pretty quick