redman
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The Old Redman broke one of his favorite crappie rods last year. Dang, Dang, Dang, today I decide that I better quite licking my wounds and fix the rod.
The rod was a 9 and a half foot Fenwick 6 wt fly rod. The top 8 inch broke off. After doing some experimenting I found that the best action was to cut 1 more inch off it and add a little bit better tip than a fly rod tip. I had several and pick one that fit snug and used some Gorilla Glue to set it on there. After the glue set I tried it out and sure like the action. Will use it for a dipping rod around the trees so put one of those little B & M black Crappie reels on it . Will use 8 lb. Olive Spiderwire line which seems to work best for getting your jig back from the grabbing roots of the cypress trees. Just hope that the weather is good Monday so I can try it out.
I like my B & M jigging rods in the fall for throwing jigs to the banks for crappie but in the spring you just can't beat a fly rod for dipping around the cypress trees. My favorite rod in the spring is a old fiberglass Berkley Cherrywood fly rod 8 foot long 7 wt. It gets heavy to hold but it sure does the job.
Redman
The rod was a 9 and a half foot Fenwick 6 wt fly rod. The top 8 inch broke off. After doing some experimenting I found that the best action was to cut 1 more inch off it and add a little bit better tip than a fly rod tip. I had several and pick one that fit snug and used some Gorilla Glue to set it on there. After the glue set I tried it out and sure like the action. Will use it for a dipping rod around the trees so put one of those little B & M black Crappie reels on it . Will use 8 lb. Olive Spiderwire line which seems to work best for getting your jig back from the grabbing roots of the cypress trees. Just hope that the weather is good Monday so I can try it out.
I like my B & M jigging rods in the fall for throwing jigs to the banks for crappie but in the spring you just can't beat a fly rod for dipping around the cypress trees. My favorite rod in the spring is a old fiberglass Berkley Cherrywood fly rod 8 foot long 7 wt. It gets heavy to hold but it sure does the job.
Redman