I used to have two St. Croix glass cranking rods. They were great rods
for crankbaits, topwaters and jerkbaits, but when Loomis came out with
their CBR cranking rods I switched to those. These were a big step up
from the St Croix glass rods IMO. They were lighter, had better feel
and still had the softer action for cranking.

Now I have several crankbait rods built on graphite popping rod blanks
that are awesome for crankbaits, jerkbaits and topwaters.

I'm sure others will like the glass rods better, but IMO a glass rod
has no advantage over graphite rods.

Brad Coovert
2005 Tournament Director, Greenfield Bassmasters
www.greenfieldbassmasters.com
Esox Rods - Handmade In The USA
"For The Toughest Fishing Out There!"

Bob La Londe wrote:
Anybody using a St. Croix Premier Glass=AE Rods - Crankbait rod?

I have taken to using a lighter action grapjite rod so I have the
give, but
still have the sensitivity. I am still considering a glass rod or
two. I
have one Fenglass rod I traded from a friend, and its not bad, but it
seems
to be way to heavy. I imagine it might be ok for huge cranks, but I
can
hardly feel whats going on with average size cranks. I tried it with
spinner baits, and with large blade baits it wasn't too bad.

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