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Whats the reason for the “tweener” noodle?
I remember reading something where he had 1.5″ cut off his noodle so the tip wasn’t AS sensitive. This way he could fish a little heavier bait without the tip being loaded all the time. It sounds like a rod that would fit between the precision noodle and the quicktip in sensitivity and power.
Noodle rods have always been a favorite for me, dating back to my first buggy whip I used for gills in a small farmpond as a kid. The problem in building a perfect noodle rod, is that it’s difficult to get a one-size or one-application fits all noodle. I think with this rod I’m fishing now however, I’m close.
Like Quintin mentioned, the reason for chopping a bit off is to fish heavier baits without loading up the extremely sensitive tip too much. I fish those pug bugs and tungsten almost exclusively in the heaviest sizes, so right off the bat it’s a good move for me and the baits I fish.
The bigger reason however is for dealing with fishing outside in wind of almost any kind. Inside the house, I like fishing a standard TUCR noodle in 36″ like James was. For the application we were fishing, he probably had the superior setup. Light biting cold front crappies might as well have been white bass on the river for the way his rod was transmitting bites.
However, when I try to fish a 36″ noodle outside, wind and wavering hands make it tough to detect bites. Chop a bit off the rod-tip and it’s only slightly stiffer, allowing you to still detect light-biting fish while cutting down on the wind and quiver from the conditions out there.
If you fish exclusively inside a house, the standard option is probably your best option. I own one of those too but had a different bait tied on that one which wasn’t producing as well. If you fish a mix of inside and outside, or fish primarily outside, I’d opt for a shorter version 32″ or shorter “tweener” model which will fish heavier baits with less load on the rodtip and allow you detect bites without having wind ruin your visual!
Joel
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nice fish
