Need input on the Bushido cranking blank

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Re: Need input on the Bushido cranking blank

Posted by: David Baylor (---.neo.res.rr.com)

Date: February 08, 2015 10:25PM

Being completely new to rod building, I have yet to have any experience with rods other than those you can get from a factory, That means I have no experience with either blank you mentioned, so my thoughts may not be what you're looking for specifically. With that said, I've been pretty serious about bass fishing for the past 25 years, and crankbaits in general are some of my favorite baits to throw, so I may be able to help.

My personal choice of blanks for the baits you mentioned would be one with the specs of the CB72/12-25. The CB72's slightly "heavier" tip is going to cost you a little bit of versatility if you were to use baits lighter than those mentioned, but it will handle casting baits the size of a DD22 and bigger, a bit better. One downfall of the heavier tip is that it's going to cost you a little bit of feel. For that reason, if this rod will see duty as a "trap" rod, I'd go with the CB78 blank mentioned because of its more lively tip.

The way I see it, it comes down to a choice between power, or feel. For big deep diving baits, I'd take power.

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