Could I use a 7’ MH Fast for frog, S/B, and flippin’. I would use 30# braid. I know it’s not ideal, but I’m trying to save room on my little boat, and when I fish on my buddy’s boat. I kinda of got caaught up in the Technique Specific craze. There are a lot of rods that can be used for more than one purpose. I understand about the best tool for the job part I just want to simplify. I dont won’t a rod broken or knocked into the water. When (and i will) I get a bigger boat I’ll carry more rods.
shouldn’t be a problem River, i’d use a 14-17 lb copoly. if you are in the heavy, heavy stuff, then i would use braid 40-65 lb. take a couple of rods and if you have extra spools and/or reels have them spooled with different line to change out if needed. reels and spools take up less room, just put them in a ziplock.
From my experience, that 7’ MH rod will work for just about everything you can throw with a baitcasting rod. It’s not the best for light line or finesse techniques, for that you’d want a spinning rod.
These guys are correct, it is the most versatile rod (length/power/taper) you can have. I personally am more technique specific minded and would use that rod mostly for either texas rigged plastics, spinners or traps, but you canvery easily get by with using it for about any application. If you are going to be using braided line for pitching/punching, go with 30-50 lb of high quality stuff, such as PowerPro.
the majority of rods i have are 7 ft MH, fast. But depending on brand and composition some are lighter, stiffer, more flexible, etc. so even within the 7 ft MH, fast there is like a sub category. the stiffer, less flexible 7’ MH fast rods i use for big spinnerbaits or c-rig or t-rig. for the not as stiff, more flexible 7’ mh, fast i use for frogs, chatterbaits, 3/8 oz spinnerbaits, lipless cranks, flukes, topwater plugs, etc.
Got a BPS Tourney 7’MH last year for use in Canada for large Northerns with 30# Power pro on a Shimano Spirex and the combo worked great,with it being very sensetive for trolling. I do still wonder how big that Northern (I guess) was that tore my line one day.
Yea, you can. I’d feel more comfortable with 50lb braid though.
I like 30# because I get more distance
True. I recommended 50lb because he mentioned fishing a frog. IMO 30 is too light for frog fishing in slop. Personally I dont use braid for anything except flipping (sometimes), frog and swim jigs. But I dont have to deal with toothy fish so it works for me.
i have a lot more problems with 30 lb on baitcasting reels digging in on itself and snapping off than 40# on up. i basically don’t use 30 lb anymore 4 anything. I use 10, 15, qnd 20 lb on my spinning reels and 40 lb and up on my baitcasters. just never had any luck with 30 lb. never had 40 lb ever snap off on me like 30 lb did. got a few spinnerbaits, chatterbaits soaking on the bottom using 30 lb.
