Steve Huber could probably make one for you


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Ok... I'm still out there when it comes to the best spinner bait rod for
me. When I first started throwing spinnerbaits (safety pin style) I threw
1/4 oz mostly with an occassional 3/8. I used a 7' Quantum Trosion IM6
spinning rod and it worked. I caught fish on it. I even took one of my
biggest checks throwing those small blades on that spinning rod.

As you guys probably know Quantum Torsion rods fish well, but they are
pretty fragile so that rod is long gone.

I've been trying to find the ideal spinner bait rod for me ever since.
For me the biggest key to fishing a spinner bait is feeling the blades
thumb in the water... or more importantly feeling when they stop.

I've discovered that heavier spinner baits tend to dampen the thump going
up the line to the rod, and that as Bob Ricard might have mentioned once
or twice that one blade thumps more and harder then two blades. I've made
adjustments, but still ahve not found the right rod. Sometimes a couple
of thin willow blades are the ticket to getting bit, but its hard to feel
them pulse.

I spent a little time playing today and I discovered I had a Quantum
Torsion baitcasting rod in my bucket of junk rods. Nothing wrong with it
except its a cheap rod and its only 6'6". I happen to prefer 7' rods for
almost everything. I tried it. It works. Not as well as I would like,
but better than a bunch of more expensive rods I have.

All that being said, I had the opportunity to use a cusotm spinnerbait rod
the otehr day that a buddy of mine has. He had what looked like a 1/2 oz
with a couple moderate size will blades tied on. I made one cast to show
a new guy who was with us what I meant by slow rolling. Wow! Instantly I
felt a huge difference between has rod and any I have. The rod had the
back bone of flipping stick, but the tip was soft and mush like you might
find on a light power trout rod. It was very fast, but it was like two
different rods joined together about 10 inches from the tip. Basically
the first 8-10 inches of a buggy whip on the end of a stour flipping
stick. I immediatley felt the resounding thump of hte bladesa nd when I
looked at the tip of the rod it was visibly pulsing more than an inch with
each turn of the blades. I could actually feel the disrythim of the two
seperate blades turning at the same time.

Where can I get me a rod like that?


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