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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Tackle & Techniques => Topic started by: Andrew Poulos on May 16, 2007, 09:46:50 AM
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hi all,
Just reading about the various actions different rods have - mid to fast or parabolic. What is your preference when poppering ? Does it depend on where youa re and if shallow'ish water where a fast action rod is used, or deeper water and then go for a more parabolic style ? Curious to see what others think and how it impacts the lures you choose..
Andrew
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Andrew ,
In GT fishing I use Carpenter SP710H for surface popper , LR86 for pencil popper and TBL711/35RF for stickbait rather than condition of the terrain .
Jon .
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How does those rods differ so you can get the most out of the different lures?
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How does those rods differ so you can get the most out of the different lures?
SP rods are stiff , designed to transmit most of the jerk action to the surface popper while LR rods are designed to cast a long way and still have enough stiffness to " walk the dog " the percil popper and TBL rods are designed with sensitive tip but with strong back bone to " feel " the swimming action of the stickbait .
Using TBL for surface popper means you lost most of the jerk action to the rod and using SP with stickbait , you may not be able to feel anything . Both TBL n SP can be used with pencil popper .
Jon .
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Jon - as our resident Carpenter expert, would you be kind enough to write a new thread taking our members through the Carpenter range of popping rods and what the characteristics of each model is?