"Joe Haubenreich" wrote in
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A spinning rod is better than a casting rod as an all-around rod, Bob?

Absolutely.

That's sort of like saying a Phillips Head is a better all-around screw
driver than a flat-head. It is better when you're confronted with Phillips
head screws.

No, its more like saying a 6 way screwdriver is better than a common.

But when you need to back out a slot-head screw, the Phillips
is a poor substitute. The trick is knowing what tool to use in each
circumstance and having good quality tools handy so you'll be ready.

Ah, but I can back it out with my six way.

I greatly admire the 7-foot St. Croix Tournament Series rod that Huber
custom-built for me. Medium power, fast action.

I like the St Croix rods very much owning more than a dozen of them, but
each of mine is more specialized, and they don't even mkae the blank I
describe. atleast not that I am aware of.

Well balanced, casts like a
dream, light as a feather, tough enough to pull sulky bass out of the
willow
grass. Perfect for light lines and featherweight lures, or for skipping
plastics back under trees, docks, and lay-downs.

Yep, spinning tackle skips very well, but believe it or not I actually
prefer to pitch under docks with baitcasting tackle. LOL.

But when I require better casting accuracy, need to use heavier lines to
pull bass out of dense cover like log jams and buck brush,

Accuracy is argueable. You MIGHT be more accurate with your baitcasting
tackle at moderate and short range due to having more experience, but I
consistantly drop poppers at the weed edge and into the pockets at longer
ranges with my spinning tackle. I think a lot of the accuracy claim is due
to experience. I have certainly fished with a lot of guys who have been
surprised at how accuarate I am with spinning tackle. One of the keys is
that there is more than one way to cast it. A snap cast for instance is
amazingly accurate with either, but an inexperienced angler is much more
likely to have problems with baitcasting tackle.

And, I do enjoy freedom from line-twist that comes with casting rods. No
high horses here... just forty years of casting rod and spinning rod
experience.

Sure, line twist is a reality, but I have never fished with anybody who has
gone all day without a backlash either.

I think your point was that there are special situations in which each
excel, but in a broad area in between, where either rod can get the job
done, you prefer a spinning rod to a casting rod.

No, I would go furhter and say that I think a spinning rod is better in
general, although not necessarily for somebody with more experience with
baitcasters. For instance, I know a couple guys who drop shot light
finnesse presentations with bait casting tackle. Most would agree its not
the best application, but it is probably the best application for them.

I understand that. I used
to be the same way in my first twenty years of bass fishing. Some days, in
some places, I'll still fish a spinning rod all day long and leave by
baitcasters idle.

That's true. Its still the best ONE ONLY rod. The thing is that we get
jaded by owning 30-100 specialty rods each for a different specific
application. There are certainly more niche built baitcasters, and a lot of
anglers who favor baitcaster for a variety of reasons. Still that doesn't
make it the best over all one only rod when you can have only one.


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Bob La Londe
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