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16 years ago
Steve Day
Try a St. Croix 3C66MHM cut down 3". I built a 6' 6" jerkbait rod on that blank and like it a lot. It has enough power to work the baits well, but it is slow enough to keep them hooked up pretty well. If you have a hot smallie that's jumping all over, you are going to have a hard time keeping him on any rod... especially with treble hooks.
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16 years ago
Steve Day
I built a jerkbait rod on a St. Croix 3c66MHM and I like it. I have tried several other blanks and I think this one works the best... IMHO
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16 years ago
Steve Day
You could try Sulky thread color 7022: Jade/purple multi-color. It looks pretty good with the multi-color holo guides.
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16 years ago
Steve Day
You could build a nice catfish rod from a MH, H or XH steelhead or salmon blank. Batson/Rainshadow possible blanks: ISA1087F 9'0" 2 15-30 lb. 3/4-2 oz. 0.660 7.0 Moderate Fast Extra-Heavy 5.37 oz. SH1026-2 Clear Gloss 8'6" 2 12-25 lb. 3/4-1 1/2 oz. 0.525 5.5 Moderate-Fast Heavy 3.41 oz.
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18 years ago
Steve Day
If you are throwing jerkbaits and crankbaits you might be better off with a slower action rod, something along the line of SHIII AC66MHM built as a spinning rod. The SCV and SCIV blanks are very nice, but the Fast actions are usually pretty fast. I also have a couple of Shikari PII blanks that I like a lot, but I haven't tried the SHX blanks yet.
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19 years ago
Steve Day
Yep, same deal here. I ran my virus checker to make sure it wasn't something on my system since I was getting so many bounced messages...
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19 years ago
Steve Day
I just finished wrapping a 4S70MLF; I used the Sulky Blue Metallic with the Sulky Metallic Silver trim. The guides are the Fuji chrome frame alconites. The rod looks pretty nice.
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19 years ago
Steve Day
I have a dropshot rod built on the St. Croix 3C69MLXF blank and it works well with medium to large dropshot baits. I also have a "finesse dropshot" rod built on a Shikari SHII P7000 blank. This blank is XF with a very light tip for picking up soft bites with light line and small baits. The blank is 7', but I cut mine down to 6'9". This rod has done extremely well for me this s
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