Med Light Rod - Fishing presentations ideas ?

[Falkus]

Just "re-found" another rod in the storage. I'm gotta pair it up with the Curado 70. 

What fishing presentations would be suitable for this ? 

Specs. 
Castaway go2 Med Light Rod 
Rod Length: 6'6"
Number of Pieces: 1
Power: Medium Light
Action: Moderate
Line Weight (lb.): 8-14
Lure Weight (oz.): 1/4-1/2
Handle Material: Cork
Rod Material: 24 Ton, IM8 Carbon Fiber

[TylerT123]

Small cranks, small treble hook lures

[Jig Man]

I have a Gloomis Bronze Back that is similar.  I have a Curado X70 on it.  I use 6# fluorocarbon line and fish Ned rigs with it.

[CroakHunter]

Poppers and jerkbaits come to mind first off. Depending on how slow the moderated action is it could possibly be a good drop shot and neko rig rod  

[Chris at Tech]

To me, the moderate action takes "feel" or single hook techniques off the table.

 

I think this rod would be well suited for spybaits, rapala minnow baits, small topwaters and cranks, etc.

[GrumpyOlPhartte]

Since I just had my butt handed to me by a half dozen bass while using a M/L spinning rod, I feel I can speak with a little (darned little) authority on this subject. I was using small square bills, small Husky Jerks, 1/8-oz shakey heads with 4-inch senkos, and unweighted Exosticks. Used 2/0 shakey heads and 3/0 light wire Owner CPS with the Exosticks. Oh, and 10-lb test mono, which probably didn’t help.

 

Results:

 

Square bill   - Hooked 3 ..... Boated 3

Jerk bait      - Hooked 1 ..... Boated 1

Shakeyhead - Hooked 2 ..... Boated 0

Unweighted  - Hooked 4 ..... Boated 1

 

I was in my sit-in kayak and I don’t get the greatest hook sets, but from the number of times I nearly fed myself my worm, I would definitely say the fine folks above aren’t lying!  I love wrestling a feisty bass on a M/L rod, but i’m going to stick with treble-hook lures. 

 

Just a guess, but I suspect that spinning or baitcasting rigs would probably produce similar results.

 

[Falkus]

Thanks guys for your inputs on that. I think I got a better idea since I did try to use it with one straight hook and it was always "MISSED" hookset. No wonder it went in the back of my storage  

 

Going to try for poppers and crankbait to see how it handles.

 

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Single hook baits should be ok if they're thin or fine wire