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butch
Posted 11/6/2009 6:45 AM (#14513)
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Location: Norway MI.		ok 2 winters ago now my dog broke all my panfish rods. I am a huge fan of rods 3'6" to 4'6" and super limber anyone know of any good rods out there. the last i bought was an ice blue and it worked great. Just wondering if there are any others that wont break the bank.
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Magruter
Posted 11/9/2009 7:13 AM (#14516 - in reply to #14513)
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Location: Madison, WI		Check out Frabill's Bro series rods. Panfish rods don't need spring bobber or float, super sensitive tip. I also own the walleye series rod, has a soft tip and nice back bone.
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TJ DeVoe
Posted 11/9/2009 2:22 PM (#14518 - in reply to #14513)
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Location: UW-Stevens Point		I second Magruter's suggestion, awesome rods!
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Gander Mt Guide
Posted 11/9/2009 4:06 PM (#14519 - in reply to #14513)
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Location: Germantown and Land O Lakes, Wis		St.Croix makes a great stick too, resonably priced if you stay away from the Legend system.
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sworrall
Posted 11/11/2009 7:47 AM (#14522 - in reply to #14513)
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Location: Rhinelander Wisconsin		I have a few of the new Frabill sticks, and love 'em. No need for a spring bobber, the tips are super sensitive on the panfish sticks. Great rods at a good price.
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Gander Mt Guide
Posted 11/11/2009 8:55 AM (#14523 - in reply to #14522)
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Location: Germantown and Land O Lakes, Wis		I just picked up an old Amplifier for 15 bucks on sunday. I think those were 40 new.
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Guest
Posted 11/14/2009 7:08 PM (#14527 - in reply to #14513)
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are you guys talking about the bro series UL and not needing a spring bobber? Are you finding that's true on the light bites moving up?
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sworrall
Posted 11/14/2009 9:31 PM (#14528 - in reply to #14513)
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Location: Rhinelander Wisconsin		Never used a spring bobber all last winter.
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hardwaterfanatic
Posted 11/14/2009 10:39 PM (#14529 - in reply to #14528)
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sworrall - 11/14/2009 9:31 PM

Never used a spring bobber all last winter.


I would have to agree with what these guys have said. I used to run 4 St Croix Legend Rods. After exclusively using the 27" Bro Series Quick Tip, I sold the St Croixs off and haven't looked back. The Quick Tip is very sensitive, as I used a 2nd one as my "deadstick" rod so I could move it up and down in the column easily for crappies after dark.

Frabill does make a Spring Bobber rod but I think you'd enjoy the Quick Tip. They will have 4 different lengths this year... 22", 26", 27" & 32". The 32" could be a sweat hole hopping rod, as well as a good "deadstick" rod for walleyes.
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reef hawg
Posted 11/19/2009 1:31 PM (#14532 - in reply to #14513)
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I second/third/fourth the quick tip rod. I picked a couple up last season and found it to be my favorite rod by the end of the season for most things. It is actually quite versatile. that said, I still require a spring at times, especially in really ultra shallow water when I want to 'bounce' light jigs/flies. as far as strike detection even the most finicky bluegill bites(the weight lifters) can be seen on the quick tip. really nice rods. that said, this isn't the first rod of its' kind. I run a few of the ole HT signature series, which has near identical action. A nice rod if you can find them in a bargain bin, but very very fragile.
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