Food for thought. The Loomis ice blanks are tubular, not solid. Not a knock of Loomis by any means but personally a tubular ice blank would not be my first choice in any ice application what so ever. Cold makes things brittle, brittle things break easier. Winnipeg experience, longer rod with a faster tip helped me personally keep fish pined with barbless hooks. You do not need to break the bank on equipment for Winnipeg because that place chews it up and spits it out like noones business. I use a 32 medium fast st criox that I spent under 75$ on and also have a 36 med light fast cabelas rod that worked extremely well. Also the only reason I bought them was for the added length of rod vs what I used around home, after that 1st year up there I don’t think I own a rod under 30″ anymore, to me it just helps keep fish pinned better

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