Wimpy Little Rod

Ok Joe. I give. One of those puny little 5 and a half foot rods might be a
decent spinner bait rod after all. My son is expressing some interest in
fishing again after he and I spent a weekend camping at the lake.

I've got him rigged out with four rods now. I was looking at one of those
old Zebco Combo rods and thought what in the heck can I do with that thing
for him. Ah, heck. I'll put a spinner abit on it just to prove Joe wrong.
Well, I have to admit I was wrong. No this rod is not the ideal spinner
bait rod. Not enough backbone IMO, and not sensitive enough, but the soft
tip sure does the job. Its easier to cast than Ifigured and even with that
puny little Zebco 33 I can wake, slow roll, or just crank it in just fine.

Ok, Joe, I may just have to go on the hunt for one of those wussie little
broke off rods for spinner bait fishing. You win. (I'll probably still
stick with my 7 footer most of the time though.)


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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Ok Joe. I give. One of those puny little 5 and a half foot rods might be
a decent spinner bait rod after all. My son is expressing some interest
in fishing again after he and I spent a weekend camping at the lake.

I've got him rigged out with four rods now. I was looking at one of those
old Zebco Combo rods and thought what in the heck can I do with that thing
for him. Ah, heck. I'll put a spinner abit on it just to prove Joe
wrong. Well, I have to admit I was wrong. No this rod is not the ideal
spinner bait rod. Not enough backbone IMO, and not sensitive enough, but
the soft tip sure does the job. Its easier to cast than Ifigured and even
with that puny little Zebco 33 I can wake, slow roll, or just crank it in
just fine.

Ok, Joe, I may just have to go on the hunt for one of those wussie little
broke off rods for spinner bait fishing. You win. (I'll probably still
stick with my 7 footer most of the time though.)

Next time you head out this way I can probably show a little better action
on the river... even in the dead of winter.


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Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
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I was so glad to read your post, Bob, and it has nothing to do with the rod
but the fact that you went camping and fishing with your son. I'm much
closer to life's finale now than the opening number, and so far time spent
camping and fishing with my kids ranks clearly in my top 10 memories.

I gave away my 5-1/2-foot Shimano Beastmaster and the Zebco Omega spincast
reel I had mounted on it, but I kept one pistol-grip 5.5-foot Daiwa
Procaster rod with an old Ambassadeur reel. For close quarter fishing --
back in the buckbrush, under cypress trees, or back in the reeds and tulles,
it excels.

Speaking of memories, the day I finally got to fish the Colorado River with
you and Lannes was one of my personal fishing highlights. I will certainly
take you up on your offer of a return trip. Thanks very much.

Joe
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Next time you head out this way I can probably show a little better action
on the river... even in the dead of winter.

On May 29, 1:57 am, "Joe Haubenreich"
wrote:
I was so glad to read your post, Bob, and it has nothing to do with the rod
but the fact that you went camping and fishing with your son. I'm much
closer to life's finale now than the opening number, and so far time spent
camping and fishing with my kids ranks clearly in my top 10 memories.

I gave away my 5-1/2-foot Shimano Beastmaster and the Zebco Omega spincast
reel I had mounted on it, but I kept one pistol-grip 5.5-foot Daiwa
Procaster rod with an old Ambassadeur reel. For close quarter fishing --
back in the buckbrush, under cypress trees, or back in the reeds and tulles,
it excels.

Speaking of memories, the day I finally got to fish the Colorado River with
you and Lannes was one of my personal fishing highlights. I will certainly
take you up on your offer of a return trip. Thanks very much.

Joe
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in .com...
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Next time you head out this way I can probably show a little better action
on the river... even in the dead of winter.

I just did a review of a pistol grip 5.5 foot Lightning Rod I got
recently at an outdoor writers meeting. Great rod, love a short pistol
grip rod for spinnerbaits, topwater and buzzbaits. I have two very
old Lightning Rods that are still my favorites for those baits - been
using them since the 1980s. Caught my best tournament catch ever on
one of them on spinnerbaits - nine bass in two days weighing 36
pounds, included a 9-5, 8-11 and 6-15.

Those rods had light tips but lots of backbone. The new one is a med-
heavy and the tip is pretty stiff - I am trying to get one in the
medium. One nice thing about them - they sell for $34.95.

I have been throwing a 3/16 ounce jig head worm with a 5 inch Zoom
Finesse worm on this rod. It has an Ambassadeur 5600 EXT reel and is
spooled with 15 pound PLine - and that light bait casts pretty good
for a short, stiff rod and heavy line. I think it is gonna be very
good for spinnerbaits.

The review is at http://fishing.about.com/od/fishingp...htning_Rod.htm
if anyone is interested. It links to the Berkley site.

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

Well, I haven't gone out and bought one yet, but I did look on-line at St
Croix's website and one of their reccomended spinner bait rods was a 6'
pistol grip.


"Ronnie" wrote in message
ups.com...
On May 29, 1:57 am, "Joe Haubenreich"
wrote:
I was so glad to read your post, Bob, and it has nothing to do with the
rod
but the fact that you went camping and fishing with your son. I'm much
closer to life's finale now than the opening number, and so far time
spent
camping and fishing with my kids ranks clearly in my top 10 memories.

I gave away my 5-1/2-foot Shimano Beastmaster and the Zebco Omega
spincast
reel I had mounted on it, but I kept one pistol-grip 5.5-foot Daiwa
Procaster rod with an old Ambassadeur reel. For close quarter fishing --
back in the buckbrush, under cypress trees, or back in the reeds and
tulles,
it excels.

Speaking of memories, the day I finally got to fish the Colorado River
with
you and Lannes was one of my personal fishing highlights. I will
certainly
take you up on your offer of a return trip. Thanks very much.

Joe
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in
.com...
snip

Next time you head out this way I can probably show a little better
action
on the river... even in the dead of winter.

I just did a review of a pistol grip 5.5 foot Lightning Rod I got
recently at an outdoor writers meeting. Great rod, love a short pistol
grip rod for spinnerbaits, topwater and buzzbaits. I have two very
old Lightning Rods that are still my favorites for those baits - been
using them since the 1980s. Caught my best tournament catch ever on
one of them on spinnerbaits - nine bass in two days weighing 36
pounds, included a 9-5, 8-11 and 6-15.

Those rods had light tips but lots of backbone. The new one is a med-
heavy and the tip is pretty stiff - I am trying to get one in the
medium. One nice thing about them - they sell for $34.95.

I have been throwing a 3/16 ounce jig head worm with a 5 inch Zoom
Finesse worm on this rod. It has an Ambassadeur 5600 EXT reel and is
spooled with 15 pound PLine - and that light bait casts pretty good
for a short, stiff rod and heavy line. I think it is gonna be very
good for spinnerbaits.

The review is at
http://fishing.about.com/od/fishingp...htning_Rod.htm
if anyone is interested. It links to the Berkley site.

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com




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On May 29, 11:02 am, Ronnie wrote:
On May 29, 1:57 am, "Joe Haubenreich"





wrote:
I was so glad to read your post, Bob, and it has nothing to do with the rod
but the fact that you went camping and fishing with your son. I'm much
closer to life's finale now than the opening number, and so far time spent
camping and fishing with my kids ranks clearly in my top 10 memories.

I gave away my 5-1/2-foot Shimano Beastmaster and the Zebco Omega spincast
reel I had mounted on it, but I kept one pistol-grip 5.5-foot Daiwa
Procaster rod with an old Ambassadeur reel. For close quarter fishing --
back in the buckbrush, under cypress trees, or back in the reeds and tulles,
it excels.

Speaking of memories, the day I finally got to fish the Colorado River with
you and Lannes was one of my personal fishing highlights. I will certainly
take you up on your offer of a return trip. Thanks very much.

Joe
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in .com...
snip

Next time you head out this way I can probably show a little better action
on the river... even in the dead of winter.

I just did a review of a pistol grip 5.5 foot Lightning Rod I got
recently at an outdoor writers meeting. Great rod, love a short pistol
grip rod for spinnerbaits, topwater and buzzbaits. I have two very
old Lightning Rods that are still my favorites for those baits - been
using them since the 1980s. Caught my best tournament catch ever on
one of them on spinnerbaits - nine bass in two days weighing 36
pounds, included a 9-5, 8-11 and 6-15.

Those rods had light tips but lots of backbone. The new one is a med-
heavy and the tip is pretty stiff - I am trying to get one in the
medium. One nice thing about them - they sell for $34.95.

I have been throwing a 3/16 ounce jig head worm with a 5 inch Zoom
Finesse worm on this rod. It has an Ambassadeur 5600 EXT reel and is
spooled with 15 pound PLine - and that light bait casts pretty good
for a short, stiff rod and heavy line. I think it is gonna be very
good for spinnerbaits.

The review is at http://fishing.about.com/od/fishingp...htning_Rod.htm
if anyone is interested. It links to the Berkley site.

Ronnie
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Just noticed I made a mistake - the Lightning rod I am using now is 6
feet, not 5-5.

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com