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Thread: St. Croix finally builds a spinning rod specifically for musky fishing.

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    Default St. Croix finally builds a spinning rod specifically for musky fishing.

    For those of who dislike baitcasters or really dislike palming an aluminum reel in frigid temperatures, St. Croix releases the 8ft. spinning rod for 2017. I just ordered 2 of them.

    http://stcroixrods.com/resources/new.../#.WgXQNNFOmhA
    Last edited by Red Childress; 11-13-2017 at 09:20 AM.
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    I've been using a collection of spinning gear with my casting stuff for years. I use in-shore salt water rods and a medium heavy regular old spinning rod for jigging with a sizes of lures. The lighter spinning rod works great in winter when I tend to use "smaller" bucktail jigs a lot.

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    For those that use spinning gear, what line set up do you use? I use #12 or #14 test mono on my two rigs. I make #80 test fluorocarbon leaders. Does anyone use braid? My casting gear has #60 test braid. I've never had a fish break off.

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    After experimenting with several different reel sizes and braids ranging from 50-80#, I settled with a 5000 or 5500 size reel and 80# for customers. I am definitely NOT saying that is the perfect rig for me but over time, that set-up 'behaved' better than the other line/reel combinations. There can be tons of tangles when using spinning gear with braided line but the larger circumference spool and the larger diameter braid helps to limit these problems.

    I just picked up a sweet Penn Conflict spinning reel that holds 130 yds. of 80# to put on this new rod. I will primarily use this new rig for cold weather (>30 degrees) jigging. Another plus for this reel is there is no need to add backing as the spool comes with a rubber coating to prevent braid slippage.
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