I Need A Stiffer Rod...

[Ghost]

Well that's what I told a buddy of mine while fishing...& he just laughed at me...& still does...then I realized what I said!

What I'm talking about is I have a Gold Carrot Stix 6'9" MH. I used it today jig fishing & lets just say that I now understand (even though the E21 rep I talked said it can be used for jig fishing) this rod is not meant for jigs. Maybe in a pinch you can use Senkos w/ it.

The action on this rod is more like a crankbait rod, found out the hard way today. I thought I hooked into a bass, felt the line jump & take off; I set the hook & the Gold Carrot Stix just did about a parabolic bend...like the line was almost wrapped around me. That's when I made the comment to my buddy that I needed a stiffer rod...not thinking what I'm saying till he busts laughing & pretty much tells me that he can't fish no more cuz he can't stop laughing.

So....I now have that 6'9" MH Gold Carrot Stix & a 6'9" LTX parabolic baitcast rods. IMO they seem to be very similar so I don't need both. Should I get rid of one of them if so which of the 2? I'm thinking of keeping the Gold Carrot Stix since in a pinch I can still throw a worm w/ it. While the LTX is pretty much a cranking rod.

Guess that's the hard way of finding you have a rod that's not stiff enough for most applications when you buy it on ebay & not really finding out if it's what you really want. E21 says that w/ the new Gold Carrot Stix, the rods suppose to get stiffer in feel when fighting a fish...I guess if you don't use jigs!

[tacklejunkie]

I find it hard to go by ratings. I think that's why I sit here and complain about my rods all day. I don't know how I'll really like it until there is a fish on the end of it or I hook a fish on the baits I bought it for. From now on I'll bring the reel with some crappy line on it and ask one of the people at the store to yank on the line a bit and see how it feels.

I've never bought a rod online for fear of these reasons. I seem to be kinda picky about rod action.
Also, I feel the need to visibly confirm the guides are in good condition and not all tweeked out of shape or they sent me the bad rod of their bunch or whatever.

[screaming_spool]

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