Cheap Stick Wake Up Call

[Bud Kennedy]

First of all don't get me wrong.  My usual go to rods are both Dobyns and LSCR.  I however through the years have collected quite a variety of rods that for the most part just stay in my rod rack.  Today, I changed up a bit and rigged up a Wright McGill (Skeet Reese) rod to used for a senko presentation.  I don't recall what its specs are but I would say probably around a 3 power or so and a Length of about 6'9".  I don't normally throw senko style presentations but conditions have dictated that I had to give it a go this morning.  Rigged up a Doc Irv Stick style bait and had some moderate success.  With all of this being said I finished the day with a renewed appreciation of some of my seldom  used rods.

For some reason I always liked the Skeet Reese rod.  I won the rod in a drawing at an UB rally on Lake Norman a number of years ago.  All I can say is that it performed so well today that I do believe it will be my on deck senko rod for a while as long as I am here on the river.  If I was fishing water with the potential for larger fish or heavier cover then of course I would use my LSCR or a Dobyns.  But I have to say for the record that this little yellow rod did a great job.  I fish unweighted with a Daiwa SVTw103HS and the casts were smooth and good length if I wanted.  It was very controllable around cypress trees and bushes so what is not to like.  I did not lose any fish today and all fish caught were good hooksets. Just to bad they were all in the dink category.

I guess it just goes to show you that if the shoe fits you gotta wear it.  Even if it is a less expensive shoe .

[mygreenihc]

Like you,  I have a vast assortment of stuff collected over the years.  My rod locker is full of mostly Dobyn's rods now and the others are in the basement.  So,  I understand exactly what you are talking about.


There are single rods in that assortment that have probably caught more fish for me by itself than everything in my rod box. 


I have a Skeet Reese dropshot rod that I really like.  I don't use it for dropshotting,  but it works well for senko's and it is perfect for dragging a weightless trick worm behind the boat.  At Guntersville,  I catch more fish with it than I do casting.  Letting the trick worm slowly sink and the TM moving it along ever so slowly, it seems to slowly slide over the top of the grass and it works well.


Brad

[zippyduck]

I have a Skeet Reese dropshot rod that I really like.  I don't use it for dropshotting,  but it works well for senko's and it is perfect for dragging a weightless trick worm behind the boat.  At Guntersville,  I catch more fish with it than I do casting.  Letting the trick worm slowly sink and the TM moving it along ever so slowly, it seems to slowly slide over the top of the grass and it works well.


Brad

We use that technique in Presque Isle bay and call it the Erie drift. We turn the boat sideways and let the wind do all the work. A more moderate action is the ticket to let them inhale the bait. My wife does great with her Medium action Ugly stick.

[mygreenihc]

We are talking about the same thing.  I use a spinning reel and I lay it on the deck in front of my seat pedestal and lodge the pedestal between the rod and the reel so that it can only rotate.  I keep my foot right behind it and I fish normally.  The rod is super flimsy so that it will bend quite a bit without putting too much pressure causing the fish to drop the bait.  it works surprisingly well.

[Oldfart9999]

That's why I use BPS rods and now reels. I started with the older Bionic Blades, for the money they were a decent rod and I bought them on sale. Now, for the most part, I use CARBONLITEs and PRO QUALIFIER 2s, same deal, buy them on sale. I have a few BPS CRANKIN STICKS and like them for moving baits, I will get more. I've been donating my older outfits.
Rodney