Comments on: Best bass spinning rod

By: GeoffM

GeoffM — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:52:42 +0000

Of several spinning rods my favourite 2 are both Wychwoods.

1. An 8ft 20 – 50g 5 piece travel rod “Grand Tourer Lure” which also doubles as a float fishing rod or a light bait rod. I have caught a 17lb sting ray from the shore (In Australia) and many bass up to over 9lb in the UK from shore and boat. At present it is fitted with a Leeda Carp Match fixed spool reel RD 40.

2. A 12ft 2 piece Barbel “Rouge” fitted with an Abu Garcia fixed spool reel. This rod will also cast light baits for bass (2oz weight with whole squid on a pennel rig) very productively. Good from shore and boat (a little ungainly in cramped conditions on board ie with a fellow angler). Even a single mackerel will put a respectable bend in the rod! This rod has caught many bass up to over 8lb

I genarally use slightly weighted shad lures but also Dexter Wedges (I always remove the supplied treble hooks and replace with top quality and slightly larger ones). I find after dark very productive using very dark lures.

This last Autumn I caught many good bass from within 20 yards of the shore up until 21st December.

Am hoping to experiment using a fly rod next year; any suggestions, please?

By: seamus Enright

seamus Enright — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:30:45 +0000

aaaammmmmm no. The basic laws of physics do exactly the opposite. During a cast the tip of the rod will move faster than your hands. The longer the rod the greater the speed built up during a cast. Its the basic principle of a wheel. The bigger the wheel the faster you go. Longer rods have the ability to cast farther-fact. However a big long rod may not always be the answer as it can be awkyard!!

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