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To me,with UL fishing(under 6#)it's all about the line and good drag,but a G.Loomis keeps the rod from ever being a problem...
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I'm no expert and that might be the difference but I spend some time fishing. I got to use a Loomis spinning rod one morning for a few hours. Up to that point I'd thought about stretching to buy one but after that never considered it again. Nothing wrong with it but it wasn't worth that much more to me than something in the $60 to $100 range.
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The main reason I am/was looking at Loomis's Trout and Panfish rod is because I want a true UL package and that rod is the only one I found rated for 1-4# line. All the others are rated 2-6#. I'm having second thoughts now though. Mostly because it only comes in 5' length and med. action, but saving a few bucks wouldn't hurt either. I probably won't buy anything until trapping/hunting seasons over and I have that fur money burning a hole in my pocket but I've got plenty to think about and look for now thanks to everyone's input. Thanks guys.
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This schit is always funny. Noodleiciousness. 11'6" Loomis 1382S 4# UL Slow Action Noodle Rod. You gals really catch hell out of the fish. Some more perspective,if only because it's everything. Laughing!..............
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I'm with ya stick. I love me a noodle rod, big steelies, and fast water.
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This schit is always funny. Noodleiciousness. 11'6" Loomis 1382S 4# UL Slow Action Noodle Rod. You gals really catch hell out of the fish. Some more perspective,if only because it's everything. Laughing!.............. Dude..what reel is that? Sweet lookin rig!
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Yeah but Stick....we are talking UL rods here. That one of yours is plainly marked GL..... Lets keep it real shall we? BTW: good job hiding the bullet hole on that fish.
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This schit is always funny.
I don't know what's so funny about it. I just asked a simple question because I didn't know. Glad you're "Laughing" though.
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Gee...my Shimanos were made in Malaysia...which isn't chinese, communist, or french. I'm gonna have to find something else to feel bad about.... Yes, but there's a certain smug satisfaction in owning a stable of G Loomis rods. ;-) You're an elitist snob. Your weiner dogs are probably purebreds.... Yeah, but I still talk to you gate-fishing heathens... ;-) And we don't talk about the weiner dogs' breeding. They're sensitive about that.
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Theres a reason they call them 'weiner' dogs...
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Now, don't make fun of weiner dogs.
They're just vertically challenged and horizontally enhanced.
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They would make good retrieving dummies for real dogs.
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Beware. They are trained to go for the ankles.
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I picked up a 5ft St. Croix Premier UL this Summer for fishing brushy trout streams here in Michigan and paired it with a Shimano Symetre 1000.
My suggestion would be to consider the 1000 series over the 500. I thought I wanted a 500 series Shimano reel, but the 1000 balanced better.
I have had less line twist with the 1000 series compared to my 500 series and feel that I can cast further as well(mostly due to less line twist).
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I picked up a 5ft St. Croix Premier UL this Summer for fishing brushy trout streams here in Michigan and paired it with a Shimano Symetre 1000.
My suggestion would be to consider the 1000 series over the 500. I thought I wanted a 500 series Shimano reel, but the 1000 balanced better.
I have had less line twist with the 1000 series compared to my 500 series and feel that I can cast further as well(mostly due to less line twist). Just saw your post jk, thanks. First hand experience is always helpful. I've decided against the 5' Loomis and plan to go with either St Croix or Fenwick. My reason for choosing the 500 was because of all the reels I tried, it flips the bail back the easiest and smoothest. I have a Shimano Sienna now that's so hard I end up flipping it back manually. I've read that you should flip em back manually anyway but I'm not sure I believe that. Or maybe I don't want to believe it. Ha
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"I've read that you should flip em back manually anyway but I'm not sure I believe that."
I've read that as well but don't have time to manually flip it when I am tossing spinners in brush laden streams.
If you are looking at the St Croix, I would put my vote in for the 5ft UL Avid. The lifetime warranty is a nice added bonus in addition to the upgraded rod components.
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If you are looking at the St Croix, I would put my vote in for the 5ft UL Avid. Thanks,,, I'll take a look at em.
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I have a few year old Fenwick HMX in a 4'9" length, that they don't seem to make anymore. It is mated to a 500 series Shimano Sahara, and I love it.
I run 4# mono, and flip spinners at the stocker ponds when I am with my wife and kid, but its primary duty is perch and crappie anchored over my favorite honey holes. It can outcast my wife's nicer (like a nicer quantum, not a junk combo) Quantum 5'3" UL, because it is not quite as wispy.
I have not handled the new HMX in 5'3" but I have handled a 5' panfish St Croix, which seemed slightly less fast than my 4'9" HMX. With 4 other HMX and HMG rods in the collection, and only 2 St. Croix, I may be biased. Cant go wrong with either!
PS, I flip my bails manually, 95% of the time.
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I love my St Croix�s.. and that�s no stab on Fenwick. As for reels, Shimano, Daiwa, Penn. They�re all good.
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