Spinning setup

[Oldfart9999]

Nice looking setup, you'll be very happy with it. Now look out for those uppity car doors that just seem to like to sneak up on innocent rods.
Rodney

[1ReelFanatik]

Any suggestions? The more reading I've done and from some personal experience I'm realizing my heavy rod and baitcaster is not for whipping my texas rig halfway across the lake now that I've almost eliminated the brakes from my use. I need a spinning setup to do that and not worry about snapping another rod from stupidity. In the last 24 hours I've done more reading on fishing to correct my mistake and not let it happen again. I should only use my heavy rod for heavy cover spinnerbaits ect and that stuff I dont need to cast a half mile. Not only was I fishing it wrong I was casting it wrong I need to work on underhand cast and one hand cast so I dont out so much pressure on the end of the rod. Anyways thanks for listening to that spiel just sort of reminding myself what's what. So back to the original question what would you guys reccomend for my spinning setup? I'd like to be able to cast a respectable distance for shore fishing and I'd like my rod to be able to take somewhat of a beating and fish for panfish now and then. Thanks!

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Sounds like you are saying you snapped the rod because you were casting too hard.  Is that correct?  If so, I seriously doubt it was broken because your cast was too powerful.  More likely the weight was too much for the rod.  I try for distance with all my rods when practicing.  I am a two-handed caster.  Never broke a rod yet.  However, my stroke isn't as powerful as a friend of mine.  His rod really whistles on a hard cast.  Far as I know he has never broken a rod while casting.

I almost never cast with a weight on the highest end of a rod's rating without first finding out what the rod can handle without feeling over loaded.  I prefer to stay in the middle of a rod's rating, and grab a different rod if I want to up lure weight.

[Jacobguy]

Yes I later figured that out, I had a 1/2 oz bullet weight over a texas rigged senko on the rod when it snapped although its rated for 1oz. Thanks.

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