Rod for smaller glide baits

[JohnFromLisbon]

Hey guys

 

I'm looking to dip my toes into this whole glide bait business. I have a couple of 120 S-Wavers on a TW website wishlist that I'm ordering before our local bass season opener on May 15th.

 

These things weigh almost 1oz and I have 3 rods that on paper are able to handle it. I don't want to get a dedicated rod just yet, so out of these three which one would you throw it on?

 

- Expride 7'3" XH (1/2-2oz)

- Old Mossyback BCR875, now the CRR - (3/8-1 1/2oz)

- 844C MBR (1/4-1oz)

 

Trying to save a trip with all of these 3 just to figure stuff out, thought the easiest way was to ask on here.

 

P.S.: Actually, scratch that about ordering them from TW. Just found them in a local sporting goods store for €11, or just over $12 in today's exchange rate. They should get here next week.

[Deleted account]

From those 3 rods, the bottom 2. 

[WRB]

Middle CCR rod for treble hook 120 S-Waver.

Tom

[JohnFromLisbon]

Thanks @Deleted account and @WRB! The BCR875 is the only one I'm not really using now, and the 844 is the baitcaster I take with me when I'm bank fishing. So that works out great.

[FishTank]

The 844C would get my vote.

[TNBankFishing]

Expride gets my vote. The mod-fast taper is better suited to any treble baits and can double as a single hook stick as well. 
 

The MBR is too fast for trebles and you’d really be maxing it out at an oz. 
 

I’ve never thrown the crr, but as long as it’s not a bottom contact stick it’s worth a shot. 
 

In the same vein but cheaper the Phenix Feather 7’3XH is a solid choice. It says it’s rated to 3oz, really more like 1.75. I used one for a season for swimbaits and liked it. 

[JohnFromLisbon]

@TNBankFishing thanks.

 

I have all 3 of these already, it was just to see the best one to throw the S-Waver on. The Expride is my frog rod and yeah, the BCR875 is Loomis' old heavy Carolina rig rod, so it's about as bottom contact-y as it gets ?

 

To be fair, the Expride's weight range even allows for the 168 as well. I'll get a couple of those as well and try them out with heavier line.

Edited March 29, 2022 by JohnFromLisbon