02-25-2010, 07:47 AM
You pretty much covered it in your post. Nice job.
It's tough, in my opinion, to have one or two rods / reels / lines that will cover every type of condition or fishing technique that you might want to do on a given day, or throughout the day while you are on the water. I don't think there is a magic "one size fits all" type of combination.
Martini78 makes a good point though, about the flipping stick and a 1/8th ounce lure. You use your flipping stick with heavy # line and a big lure in heavy cover, and if you try to load it up and cast it far with a light lure, you are going to have some very short casts, and very likely some spectacular backlashes. Unless of course you are very good with the thumb and have one hell of a reel.
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It's tough, in my opinion, to have one or two rods / reels / lines that will cover every type of condition or fishing technique that you might want to do on a given day, or throughout the day while you are on the water. I don't think there is a magic "one size fits all" type of combination.
Martini78 makes a good point though, about the flipping stick and a 1/8th ounce lure. You use your flipping stick with heavy # line and a big lure in heavy cover, and if you try to load it up and cast it far with a light lure, you are going to have some very short casts, and very likely some spectacular backlashes. Unless of course you are very good with the thumb and have one hell of a reel.
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