Stiff Spinning Rods

[bigbill]

I picked up a lews speed stick tournament M/H 6' spinning rod. It's has the higher backbone and power. It's way stiffer at the upper 1/3 than my other lews rods are. I like it.

My other rods like most rods feel flimsy at the top for certain baits.

[WRB]

Until OP tells us what this rod is used for we are all guessing.

Tom

[bigbill]

I'm thinking a fast taper m/h rod is used for jigs, plastics or topwater.

I'm thinking using a heavier action beefy rod using copolymer line I can set the hook quicker and possibly turn there heads to me before these bigger gals dive and wave goodbye.(topwater)

I just don't have the enough power in the lighter rods.

[SirSnookalot]

There is a lot of buzz going on about fast taper rods.  I bought one recently, it did not perform as I wanted, not a knock on the rod itself, I returned it.  F/T rods are designed to cast lighter weights a longer distance, I found even f/t rod with a stiffer tip it did not handle the heavier lures as well.  I made a different rod choice and real happy I did.  My suggestion, only use a f/t rod if you lip, net or gaff a fish, don't lift one with it.

 

 In today's world of rods backbone doesn't seem to be an issue, they are all pretty good in that department.  I was using a mh scimitar catching shark 50-80#, until the guides corroded.  I had a Penn pursuit spinning 25# rod ($40), caught back to back 2 150# lemons, rod lasted 2 years until those guides corroded, sorry I never put good guides on that rod.  I have other examples as well.  You spend a little more and that is going to buy you more sophistication, I don't think it buys more backbone.  I do use a better quality rod now, most of my rods are med and mh spinning, my average fish I gotta think is about 10# or a little more, backbone is of no issue.

[Jason Short]

The rod will be used for small plastics mostly. Triumphs seem like they are about right for what I'm looking for. I might also check out the Carbonlites. And to WRB, I didn't originally say what it would be used for because I already know what action and power I wanted, I just wanted some suggestions of rods that fit my description.