my brother needs a spinning rod to cast a leach on a slipbobber rig to suspended walleye on a resticted resevoir,no boats allowed.he says the fish are about 13 feet deep in the middle of the lake. he is now using an old glass flyrod(dont know what WT.) he got at a yard sale with a spinning reel.he says that rig cast fairly well but would like to cast farther.he also has trouble getting a good hookset cause of all the line out plus the limber flyrod.the goal is to cast a leach on a slipbobber rig as far from shore as possible then get a good hookset after the bite.
i did a search and found some good stuff on guides and slipbobber knots but not much on long distance slipbbober blanks.i looked at alot of blanks but not sure about which way to go.any suggestions on guides that pass bobberstops and leaders well,as well as suggestions on reel and line types would be helpfull also.
thanks in advance, you guys are great!
scott

take a look at the lighter popping blanks..maybe an 841 or 842..it will have a soft tip for casting the live bait yet have plenty of backbone for walleye...any of the blank companies have good popping blanks and it boils down to your personal preference

john timberlake Wrote:
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> take a look at the lighter popping blanks..maybe
> an 841 or 842..it will have a soft tip for casting
> the live bait yet have plenty of backbone for
> walleye...any of the blank companies have good
> popping blanks and it boils down to your personal
> preference

X2

A leach is a pretty tough bait. I think you could go with a long 2 or 3 power fast popping rod. If he's okay with a longer rod you could go 90" or extend one even longer.

Chuck

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"Angling is extremely time consuming.
That's sort of the whole point." - Thomas McGuane



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/13/2011 08:19AM by Chuck Mills.

Hot shot rods are worth considering. They are longer, have a very limber tip, and very fast lock up for good hook sets.

Russ in Hollywood, FL.

Scott,
The idea rod for this application is a steelhead rod in a 10-14 foot length.
If you get one that has about an 8-12 lb rating, you will have plenty of backbone to really launch the bait and bobber out to the center of the fishing area.

The reason that I like to use steel head rods for this applicaiton is the extra beef in the butt section to be able to launch a bobber tipped rod with a live bait out a tremendound distance.

Optimize the guide sizes for casting distance and you will be in good shape.

I have several rods set up like this and after trying many many different rods, have found them to be about the best rod for myself for this particular application.

Good luck

REW


p.s.
In a shorter length, the hot shot rods are also a great choice for the same reason. i.e. more mid rod beef to get that extra casting distance.
Popping rods are great and catch lots and lots of fish, but the hot shot and steel head rods will generally be able to flip a bobber further due to the extra beef.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/13/2011 01:11PM by roger wilson.

Look at the IST Batson line.
I like a 9' for distance, IST1084F or 1085F should do that well.
In a slightly shorter blank, IST1024F.
There are lighter powers also, but I believe you need a little extra to cast the slip bobber.
Here is a link;
[www.schneidersrods.com]

Best wishes,
Ron Schneider
Schneider's Rod Shop
Mountain Home, Arkansas
[www.schneidersrods.com]
mtnron40@yahoo.com
870-424-3381

Ron, I tried your link but only the titles come up. The rest of the page is blank. Even when I clicked on other options at the top, same thing, no listings.

David Dosser
Coshocton, OH

What browser are you using? Firefox doesn't work well. Try IE.

Chuck

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"Angling is extremely time consuming.
That's sort of the whole point." - Thomas McGuane

Got it. It works. Browser issue.

David Dosser
Coshocton, OH

13 - 15 foot steelhead blank or 10wt spey blank. I recently built a 13'-8" waggler rod out of a 10/11 wt spey blank. Casts a float and 1/2 - 3/4 oz of wt a good distance. Anything shorter than 13 feet and you will have a problem setting the hook on a fish 13'deep with a slip bobber. The line pickup on a shorter rod is not sufficient for hooksetting, especially with mono.