lenght of rods?

what do you guys use for rod length for bass fishing. it will be a casting rod mainly used for jigs like the jig and pig.

I love my 2 – 8′ Skeet Reese flippin’ rods. You have soooo much leverage on fish that you can pull them out of any cover and never have an issue with setting a hook. Combined it with Power Pro 65, Hi-Vis yellow.

My 2 cents!

I build a lot of 7’10” jig / C-rig rods
for Bass guys

7′-8′

I personally use 7′ MH St. Croix rods for this. Wouldn’t be opposed to anything longer however a longer rod seems to fatigue me more while jigging.

7′-8′, works for most of my needs

Dobyns 7’3″ MH…………….$169
Skeet Reese 7’2″ Jig/worm…..$100
St. Croix Rage RC71MHXF…….$150

all three will get the job done, depending on your budget. You can get all three with micro guides…

7’0″-7’2″ for casting jigs.

Falcon “Grass Rod” 6’10” I have found out if you get to long of a rod it’s hard to pitch when you find your self in tight places.

I use 6″8″ and 7″2″ med hvy for jigs and worms,you need to pay attenion to your highth because the longer rods are are harder to handle the shorter you are esspecly in tighter casting applications,like around and under docks!
Stan

Depends if you are just casting (like fishing a football jig on a ledge), or if you are flipping, or pitching. I generally use a 7′ MHF st.croix premier with fluorocarbon for casting and pitching. Then for the heavy cover I use a Powell Max 7’6″ MHXF with 65lb. braid, this rod is also pulling double duty as a frog rod.

I think one of my next rods will be a 6’9″ MH for skipping docks with jigs.

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Dobyns 7’3″ MH…………….$169
Skeet Reese 7’2″ Jig/worm…..$100
St. Croix Rage RC71MHXF…….$150

all three will get the job done, depending on your budget. You can get all three with micro guides…

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What are some of the pros/cons to the micro guides? I am intrigued by them, but haven’t purchased one yet.

I fished with micro guides on a casting rod last season and
I was surprised to get longer casts…The theory is that there is less line slap…now I have to admit they may be right…
The only possible drawback would be if you used a leader on a braided mainline, once in a while the knot would bump the eyelet going through. All other aspects were positive. I am going to add a couple more in the future.

I’m 5-9 and have had the best luck with rods that are 6-10 for pitching and jigging. has worked well over the years.

The micro guides are also lighter. Check out a ducket micro magic rod. I looked at them at cabelas and they are super light, and feel a lot less tip heavy than other rods.

Tacklewarehouse has Daiwa VIP rods on closeout sale right now for $50, they retail for $125. They have Fuji alconite guides on them, which you usually have to pay $150+ to get a rod with them.

There are 5 rods in the closet where I store my gear. There’s a 6′ baitcaster (power finesse, catfishing), a 6’6″ baitcaster (worming, topwater, swimbaits), a 6’6′ spinning (mostly wacky-rigging), a 7′ spinning (pier/bottom fishing in the salt), and an 8′ flyrod. That covers most of what I do, though I have my eye on a 7’11” baitcaster for swimbaits and a 9′ spinning rod for micro species.

between 7 and 7-6