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I caught a boatload of bass on the Ned Rig this weekend on a 7' Light/Fast spinning rod (St. Croix Trout and Panfish Series).  It was an area free from cover and I had a ball.  I could have used an Ultralight and had even more fun.  But in most areas, I'd use a Medium Light spinning rod.

Let the cover conditions dictate the rod choice.  If it's open water, I say use whatever you like and have a blast!  Some might say you would be stressing big bass too long by playing them on gear that's too light...

Tight lines,

Bob

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Ultra Light certainly is finesse but for the Ned Rig it wouldn't be a choice.  Even though the head weight is light, the hook size and diameter is still rather big. Also the submerged conditions play into it too be it weeds or wood.  Med. light in some brands is o.k. but I stick to med. for the most part.

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I use a medium power spinning rod right now. The jig heads are light weight, but with the added weight of the turd worm it cast perfectly fine and I can fish it fine.

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I think if you use an ultra lite, you won't be able to set the hook very easily.  The rod that I and most other Midwest finese guys including Ned kahde, bluebasser, and team 9 all use is a medium-lite spinning rod.  Although a medium lite rod is usually rated for 1/8 to 1/4 ounce lures, it will easily throw the Ned rig and will be much easier to handle when setting hooks.

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43 minutes ago, BronzeChaser said:

I use a medium power spinning rod right now. The jig heads are light weight, but with the added weight of the turd worm it cast perfectly fine and I can fish it fine.

Hahaha is that what trd stands for i wasnt sure, but i will say it does look like a turd

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3 hours ago, Pondboss16 said:

Hahaha is that what trd stands for i wasnt sure, but i will say it does look like a turd

T-the 
R-real
D-deal

As in, the real Ned Rig.

Most any drop shot/finesse rod will work for Ned Rigs. It doesn't take anything fancy, as Ned himself uses rods you can get at WalMart on the cheap, but I wouldn't trade my 6' 10" ML/XF LTB for anything when it comes to Ned rigs.

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Any ML dropshot rod is about right for it...The Zodias ML is really good, As is the st.croix eyecon (walleye) series in the 6ft 6 ml.

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I tried the ML but sold it and went to a Medium and liking it much better. I think either power will work but I really think UL is too light.

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9 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

but I wouldn't trade my 6' 10" ML/XF LTB for anything when it comes to Ned rigs.

x2. Throw the new Mojo 6'10" ML/XF in there as a really good rod for the Ned.

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I used a 6'10" Castaway UL for the Ned. It had more backbone that any UL I've used before. I really liked it -- it pared well with a Size 25 President. I thought I had found a pretty solid Ned setup, until I broke it boat flipping a mere 1.5 lb smallie.

Now I use a Quantum KVD 6'9" MH/F rod I picked up on clearance at Academy. Even though it's a MH, it's rated for 1/8 - 3/8 oz. So it works pretty well for the Ned. Not ideal, but it works. At least don't have to drag out the net for every fish I catch. 

I also sometimes use my daughter's 6'6" All-Star ML/MF rod for the Ned. It's from their panfish series, I can't remember if it is the "Target" rod or the "Dock Shooter." It works pretty well, too but it probably would be better with a F or XF taper.

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I just got done fishing a tournament on Table Rock, where all my fish came on the ned. I threw it on a DX745 with a TproG spooled up with 10lb invisx. I'd opt for a lighter rod, but that's what I was feeling that day.

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Not a spinning reel guy, I use a 7'0 light action kistler KLX ned rig rod with a Daiwa Airy Red Pixzilla spool with 6lb flouro. works great for me.

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I carry 5 setups for Ned rig fishing.  All are ML.  4 are spinning and 1 is a bait caster.  The bait caster is a Gloomis Bronzeback with a Curado 70 and 6 # fluoro.  The others are Fenwick and Gloomis with Shimano Symmetrys and 6 # fluoro.  I went through a lot of setups before I settled on these.

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I use the same setup for Neds as I do for brook trout.  7'6" light 1/16-1/2 Kokanee rod with an Abu Black Max 1600 spooled with 6lb Seaguar Red Label.  Not the ideal setup, but it throws Neds pretty dang far and the rod has excellent backbone.

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My finesse rig - which includes tossing Neds - is the Avocet RZ-2000 on the 6'6 ML/F (1/16-1/2) Avocet rod. I spool that up with 8# Trilene XL. Like others, I find a spinning setup better for light techniques.

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4 hours ago, Jig Man said:

I carry 5 setups for Ned rig fishing.  All are ML.  4 are spinning and 1 is a bait caster.  The bait caster is a Gloomis Bronzeback with a Curado 70 and 6 # fluoro.  The others are Fenwick and Gloomis with Shimano Symmetrys and 6 # fluoro.  I went through a lot of setups before I settled on these.

You love the Ned Rig huh? 5 combos on the boat at one time? All with different baits?

 

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On 4/20/2016 at 4:43 PM, Robert Riley said:

I just got done fishing a tournament on Table Rock, where all my fish came on the ned. I threw it on a DX745 with a TproG spooled up with 10lb invisx. I'd opt for a lighter rod, but that's what I was feeling that day.

I'm going to use a 7 foot mf Johnny Morris Patriot series with a Lew's tournament pro and 10 lb test seaguar invisx.gave my last spinning rod to my daughter.

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On 4/19/2016 at 9:56 PM, Drew K said:

 Zodia 6'8 ML casts a 1/15 Ned Rig like a dream

+1 ... A quality spinning rod in that 6'8"  ~ 7' ML / F range able to handle a 1/32nd oz. up to a 3/32nd oz. Midwest finesse style jig head weight , with a #4 to #1 size hook with a standard TRD would represent the true Ned Rig weight range (with 1/15th oz. 1/16th oz. representing 95% of the Ned Rig jig head weights used). Best line would be #10 braid mainline with 5' of #8 lb. FC leader using an Alberto knot to join the two lines ... ... *When you get heavier than 1/8th oz. ~  1/10th oz. jig head weight and larger than a #1 size hook -I'm sorry , you have now entered : "Jig Worm" territory and left the Ned Rig behind ... The Ned Rig is predominantly a "no feel" technique where as a jig worm has a definite feel of the bottom contour and much faster fall rate using jig head weights above 1/8th oz. and hook sizes larger than a #1 hook size.

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