New Rod Opinion

[doyle8218]

What is your opinion on an Abu Garcia 6'9" or 7" Veritas MH fast for frogging, cranks and spinnerbaits?

I would prefer the 6'9"

[MichiganFishing1997]

I use the 7'6 MH as a dedicated frog rod. Plenty of backbone. I would recomend it.

[CTGalloway21]

longer is better, at least that what girls always told me.  

[doyle8218]

longer is better, at least that what girls always told me.  

lol, but 6'9" or 7'? how much can 3" make in a rod?

[CTGalloway21]

ask your girl.  haha

[Jaiden]

It depends on what you need the rod to do. The 6'9" will give you slightly more accuracy which is useful when shallow cranking, and casting frogs and spinnerbaits around cover. On the other hand, the 7' will have slightly longer casts which is ideal for deep cranking. The 7' will also pick up line faster on the hooksets. It's up to you and you made a great choice on the veritas

[Mike2841]

Save 20$ and get the 7ft mh vendetta. That's what I use for frogging and it does a great job.

[Arv]

Unless you get the Veritas Winch, I wouldn't use the Veritas for cranking. It is a powerful rod with a fast-extra fast tip. I tried running squarebills, mid divers and lipless cranks on my 7' and 6'9MH when I had them and hated them for those applications. However, for spinners and frogs, a 7'MH/F is a nice choice.

[DelcoSol]

I have a 6'9" for sale if interested.

[5dollarsplash]

Look at grip lengths as well.  A lot of times gaining that 3" of rod may yeild only 2-1" of casting length. 

 

Unless I'm fishing from shore or on someone elses boat I've moved to rods 7'+.  For spinnerbaits and frogs, I think the Veritas is great, but if you use cranks often I think you'd be dissapointed for the reasons Arv points out.