Do you find that when using a spring bobber you like a rod with a stiffer tip so you can see the spring move before the blank tip does?
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maddoggPosts: 400March 6, 2020 at 9:25 am #1920552
Do you find that when using a spring bobber you like a rod with a stiffer tip so you can see the spring move before the blank tip does?
Yes I like the tip a little stiffer. I don’t like the tip bouncing around.
hndPosts: 1575March 6, 2020 at 11:20 am #1920580when i spoke with st croix they mentioned the reason their legend ice rods were stiffer than say a typcal UL rod was so that you could see the spring move and not the rod. I’ve placed bobbers on UL/L rods before and it can be infuriating.
mike ePosts: 100March 6, 2020 at 12:04 pm #1920594Do you find that when using a spring bobber you like a rod with a stiffer tip so you can see the spring move before the blank tip does?
Broke my primary panfish pole(with spring) in half during a trip a long time ago and am still using it today. I just happened to have a little shrink tube in the glove box and the rest is history. I keep some in my tackle box now. Clipped a perfectly good pole for my backup rig..
Try it with an old pole that just sits around or find a clearance cheapie available now. Leave just enough past an eyelet to dual wall shrink tube a bobber on.
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