Hey Joe Would it be possible for you to post a picture of the setup you described? It sounds very interesting to me but am having trouble envisioning exactly how it is set up. Thanks TomD
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Roger Thanks for the advice - I to am an ice junkie and fish these same coordinates through the ice. My rod of choice through the ice is exactly what you described - I have a thorne bro's powernoodle with recoil guides paired with a 13fish 6061 inline reel - very effective sight fishing rig when paired with my marcum. My current open water rig I am using for this style of fishing is a 4'6
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I am planning my next rod build and need some help with guide selection. First let me describe my fishing situation so you have the full picture - I am an avid crappie fisherman but not in the traditional sense, I live in RI (Not the state you associate with cane poling crappie on a sunny day) my home town lake hold some really nice crappie, but they tend to school and hold in deep water most of
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I have noticed that on Mudhole they are only offering the new style \ colors of Winn grips now... Last month they ran a sale and I purchased a set but they were on back order. Now they do not even show them on the mudhole site... I checked Getbit and they have the older style but they are now on sale as well. Does anyone know if Winn will no longer offer the previous version and only offer th
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Last month I completed my first rod build - an awesome ice rod for jigging crappie. After many hours of planning I purchased all of the components for my first full size rod. The blank I chose was a 2 piece MHX pan fishing blank. Well I received everything today and after unwrapping all the pieces I realized that I never thought about how I was going to build the connection point of the two pi
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