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Glass or composite cranking rods?
Posted on 11/13/23 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 11/13/23 at 2:01 pm
I have never been much of a cranker but this is coming up more and more in my fishing. Are they worth it? Are they enjoyable to use? If so, got recs for light weight cranks? I am not asking about deeper stuff. A lot of the Kistler stuff is on sale right now, and one of their lines looks good for this.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 2:43 pm to AlxTgr
I still lke graphite. You don't have to go glass to get the action you need for cranks.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 2:44 pm to AlxTgr
Personally, I have never found the need for glass or composite cranking rods. Supposedly the slower actions and deeper flex enable to keep fish buttoned up thus have fewer throw your lure. I have never found this be either true or false and boat plenty on crankbaits using the same rod I use for spinnerbaits, worms, and jigs. My preference is to use fast action rods and select rod based on weights of lures.
If you are worried about a rod being "too fast", spool up some mono for crankbaits.
Kistler rods used to great but the blanks have changed so I don't know anymore. Have heard many people complain that Trey does not honor warranties but I do not know if this is true or not. Might want to look into the Dobyns line if warranty matter to you.
If you are worried about a rod being "too fast", spool up some mono for crankbaits.
Kistler rods used to great but the blanks have changed so I don't know anymore. Have heard many people complain that Trey does not honor warranties but I do not know if this is true or not. Might want to look into the Dobyns line if warranty matter to you.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 3:43 pm to AlxTgr
I’ve used both and I wouldn’t say it’s worth it for shallow running cranks. It’s really hard to describe the difference in feel, but I’d just call it different as opposed to better. I think nostalgia sells more glass rods than anything but it does give a little more consistently over the length of the blank to keep the fish hooked while still having backbone. It used to cost more in a graphite rod to achieve that but I don’t think it’s that hard to produce today. If you’re not losing fish currently, I wouldn’t fix what ain’t broke.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 4:01 pm to AlxTgr
I have both, and with glass being a little heavier it makes throwing lighter crank baits a little harder. A good, lightweight, medium action graphite rod works better for those small light crankbaits in my experience. I find the better glass application for me is buzz baits.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 4:57 pm to AlxTgr
I have a few of the newer Kistlers. I throw treble hooks with a 6'6 med KLX due to its slower action. Would suggest a lmh or mh if you throw deeper diving cranks
Posted on 11/13/23 at 5:21 pm to AlxTgr
I've used a Shimano expride 610M that's a glass Composite for the past several years and love it. It's excellent for small crankbaits and is an awesome chatterbait mini max rod.
I do not like it for squarebills however. The tip is where the glass is located and it is very soft and slow so squarebills are not as erratic when defelcting off cover.
I do not like it for squarebills however. The tip is where the glass is located and it is very soft and slow so squarebills are not as erratic when defelcting off cover.
Posted on 11/14/23 at 5:25 am to AlxTgr
Moderate fast medium heavy in graphite will do the deal with any treble hook bait you put on it in my opinion.
Posted on 11/14/23 at 8:43 am to AlxTgr
I bought a new shimano zodias last year to see how I liked them to throw small squarebills. After throwing it a bit, I liked using my older daiwa tatula xt crankbait rod instead. Its a graphite rod with a softer tip. It casts the smaller cranks better and can feel more with it. Both are 7' M rods. I do like using the zodias for bigger sqaurebills like the 1.5s. I also bought a 7'3 MH glass zodias to try for chatterbaits and I love it. It casts the 3/8 jackhammer really well and I can feel more thump than the graphite rod I was using before it.
Posted on 11/14/23 at 9:21 am to AlxTgr
I like fiberglass for deeper diving crank baits when I go out of town fishing somewhere. I think composite is just fine in the marsh and south la with the shallower running crank baits
Posted on 11/15/23 at 10:48 pm to AlxTgr
Square Bills I have a SB rod made out of a seeker mix composite graphite & fiberglass.
Then I found a few blanks made by Calstar that I made into crank bait rods which area great for DD22's.
Then I found a few blanks made by Calstar that I made into crank bait rods which area great for DD22's.
Posted on 11/16/23 at 5:45 pm to AlxTgr
I have a 7’4 MH Team KVD composite crank bait rod and I hated it so much I took the reel off of it and it’s been sitting bare for 5 years.
Switched back to using a 15yo MH Mojo Bass
Switched back to using a 15yo MH Mojo Bass
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