seeking input on dropshot rod choice!!

[RFSims]

Drop shotting brush piles with a Zoom finesse worm Texas rigged is one of my favorite ways to fish. I have a Dobyns Fury SF703 and I would quit drop shotting if all rods were a 3 power Dobyns. I am sure someone uses a 703 to DS, but not me. Can't comment on a 2 power Dobyns as I have never used one. However I do have the other rod you mentioned a ST Croix Mojo MLXF. I have a first gen Mojo and an Avid MLXF. IMO the St Croix MLXF spinning rod blank was made for drop shotting (great Ned Rig rod also). The second gen Mojos are made withe the SC3 blank that the Avid is made of. My advice when asked about a DS rod is to buy the St Croix MLXF blank that one's bank account allows. I also have a 6'8" first gen Mojo MXF. For me not suitable for drop shotting. If I could only have one spinning rod in the $100 range for drop shotting/ Ned rig/ wacky/ shakey head it would be a Falcon Bucoo SR Cranker Spin BRS-4-17.

[jbsoonerfan]

1 hour ago, RFSims said:

Drop shotting brush piles with a Zoom finesse worm Texas rigged is one of my favorite ways to fish. I have a Dobyns Fury SF703 and I would quit drop shotting if all rods were a 3 power Dobyns. I am sure someone uses a 703 to DS, but not me. Can't comment on a 2 power Dobyns as I have never used one. However I do have the other rod you mentioned a ST Croix Mojo MLXF. I have a first gen Mojo and an Avid MLXF. IMO the St Croix MLXF spinning rod blank was made for drop shotting (great Ned Rig rod also). The second gen Mojos are made withe the SC3 blank that the Avid is made of. My advice when asked about a DS rod is to buy the St Croix MLXF blank that one's bank account allows. I also have a 6'8" first gen Mojo MXF. For me not suitable for drop shotting. If I could only have one spinning rod in the $100 range for drop shotting/ Ned rig/ wacky/ shakey head it would be a Falcon Bucoo SR Cranker Spin BRS-4-17.

I'm trying to picture this drop shot Texas rig. You have a drop shot weight on your tag end, and your worm is on a hook above that, and then a bullet weight above that on your main line? 

[MN Fisher]

5 minutes ago, jbsoonerfan said:

I'm trying to picture this drop shot Texas rig. You have a drop shot weight on your tag end, and your worm is on a hook above that, and then a bullet weight above that on your main line? 

I think he's meaning an offset worm hook in the drop-shot position, so instead of just nose-hooking the plastic, it's rigged like for a T-Rig.

[RFSims]

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

I think he's meaning an offset worm hook in the drop-shot position, so instead of just nose-hooking the plastic, it's rigged like for a T-Rig.

Correct. Would never get a nose hooked bait back. Too many limb-breams?

[jbsoonerfan]

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