frabill panfish popper?

  • jwall
    Posts: 50
    February 17, 2009 at 11:24 pm #1300352

    Have any of you guys used the panfish popper or am i better of just getting the three pack of springs for my berkley XLE ultralight combo

    bosman
    DeSoto, WI
    Posts: 913
    February 18, 2009 at 12:01 am #749622

    I have a 24″ Frabill popper rod given to me as a x-mas gift. Don’t care for it. Not enough backbone for my liking. Love the spring bobbers though. Have a couple 30″ medium light rods with the popper set up. Works great for jigging cecils in 10+ feet of water.

    PlayNHooky
    Sussex WI
    Posts: 14
    February 18, 2009 at 12:47 am #749634

    I use the panfish popper and i love it wont buy anything else!!!!

    deerwoody
    Deerwood,MN.
    Posts: 285
    February 18, 2009 at 1:26 am #749652

    Love mine except the spring bobber freezes up outside the house.

    dan-tessmann
    Kieler, Wis
    Posts: 664
    February 18, 2009 at 2:01 am #749665

    I think you would be happy with the st. croix spring and adapter. I believe they come in 4 sizes. The best attribute of the springs is you can adjust the tension or bounce of the spring by moving it back or foward in the adapter. just another option for you, dan

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    February 18, 2009 at 3:36 am #749707

    I have a light and an ULight and they are great rods. I don’t use the spring bobber at all for those. Mostly deep water fishing with them. You can feel a perch bite in 75 feet of water with one.

    jwall
    Posts: 50
    February 18, 2009 at 1:29 pm #749767

    Thanks for responding guys I might have to buy one……

    Zugunruhe
    Posts: 17
    February 18, 2009 at 1:43 pm #749770

    Not a bad rod, but I am not a fan of the spring bobber. It doesn’t feed line fast enough and is prone to getting line looped and caught in the spring itself. I have a 24″ UL, be very careful with the tips or you’ll end up with a 22″ L!?!

    Tom Sawvell
    Inactive
    Posts: 9559
    February 18, 2009 at 3:34 pm #749806

    Thorne Bros. make a nice coil spring that is a world better than a frbil. If you are going to spen money, have an inverted guide fitted with a grommet put on a rod you have and use a St.Croix spring….never an icing issue as with ALL coil springs when its cold, cold and you are fishing open ice.

    nwbuck
    Hartley, IA
    Posts: 88
    February 19, 2009 at 11:14 am #750258

    Nice little rod for the money…I have 2, but had to doctor 1 up when the tip broke. I prefer a different spring bobber though, because the spring type on the popper freezes up too easily.

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