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St Croix Glass Crank Bait Rod
Anybody using a St. Croix Premier GlassŪ 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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Bob
Jan 27
2005
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| 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!" |
Brad
Jan 28
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| Bob . . . do you use braided line with your crank baits? I just love it.
Mostly use Power Pro and it's as sensitive a line as I"ve ever used. Seems
to me no matter what rod or action type I use I still can feel the fish.
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Joshuall
Jan 29
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| Bob, I have a buddy that uses they St. Croix Glass rods for cranking as well, and
he seems to like them. But like Brad said, the Loomis rods are awesome. I
am actually in the process of obtaining 2 or 3 :-). I also had a Lamiglass rod (popping blank) that i used for crankbaiting,
unfortunately it was thrown over the side of the during a collision with 2
huge wakes :-), along with 2 other rods. The graphite rods floated and I
recovered them, but the glass rod is gone forever :-(, Had a nice Curado
Bantam 100B on it too :-( Chris |
Chris
Jan 29
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| I've built several crankbait rods for guys using St. Croix blanks. They
seem to love them. I on the other hand, continue to prefer graphite. |
Steve
Jan 30
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| Steve, I actually prefer graphite as well now that they have made such a nice
slow action rod in graphite. I held a Loomis graphite crankbait rod
yesterday, and boy what a difference. I will probably bite the bullet
and pick up 2 of them next weekend. Chris |
Chris
Jan 30
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| I use exclusively CarbonPro flourocarbon right now for cranks.
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Bob
Jan 30
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| I use 2/10 powerpro for small cranks with about a 3ft leader of seaguar
grandmax fluorocarbon. It gives me maximum run depth. I use 4/20
powerpro with a 3ft leader of seaguar grandmax fluoro with mid to large
cranks (anywhere from 10 to 15lb test leader). Braids are so small in
diameter that they give you maximum running depth, then you add the
benefits of fluorocarbon as a leader, and I think they combo is dynamite! Chris |
Chris
Jan 31
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