Best 9 foot Rod for 9" Sluggos and A-Salt Bombers

[tlapinski]

Originally Posted by luds48

I need to get my hands on the 1081mh to see what it feels like. It makes me a little nervous that it a live bait rod.

What about it being a "live bait rod" makes you nervous?

The range is amazing on this rod. It will launch an un-weighted 7" red fin just as far as any other rod, and I have layed into pencil poppers that are just over 4 ounces with it. Even my 1201M felt stressed when fully loaded up on that pencil, but the MH handled it fine. This rod has a great balance of power, weight, and range. If I could only fish one rod in the surf, this would be it. I never thought I would say that about a 9' rod...

Dave, if I can get my MH to you before the show, you can borrow it to show guys if you want to.

[luds]

Originally Posted by tlapinski

What about it being a "live bait rod" makes you nervous?

I guess just that I have not experience with rods classified as live bait rods. But I'm over that based on your description of what its capable of.

[Bill L]

I think Steve M uses a Loomis 1084 for his sluggos

[In The Surf]

Toby glad to hear that about the lure weight range. I know lami has it rated 1-3 1/2. I like the fact that you can lay into it with 4 with confidence, that makes me feel better considering lami's rep of overating their rods. Based on what Dave had to say about the sensitivity what's your input on that? Considering it is catoragized as a live bait rod I would assume it should be decent in that area as far as feeling a pick up or hit. I like what I'm hearing so far just a little concerned on his comment.

[NIB]

If it can tro 4 oz.feelin a bomber won't be it's strong suit.U can't have it both ways.Out of necessity I have learned to work off the lack of feel rather than feel.when I feel i swing.I whip bombers an red fins no loading just centrifugal force.Loading makes em tumble,in whipping em The plug gets ass out an kinda sails out there.The GLB sounds like a nice rod.I built a harnell for this appliction last fall.its not excactly light.But it'll handle whatever i ask of it.would be nice to lighten up.Especially workin sluggo's.

[tlapinski]

The rod "feels" a plug fine. I originally built the rod for river use with mainly 7" bombers and 9" slug-gos (before slug-gos were cool) in mind. In that application, you toss the plug out across the current, hold it under tenstion, and let the plug swing across the current. You need to be able to feel every little wiggle of the lure to tell when you are on bottom or on a fish. The rod is very sensitive. I was extremely suprised with the rod when I first put it to use. I had been searching for the "perfect" rod for river use for several years, going through a lot of blanks in the process, and this one perfectly fits the bill. It wasn't until this year i found out just how good of an all around rod it truly is. I think if more people knew about the blank, it would be a very popular choice to have built.

[NIB]

I'll have to try one.