12-28-2018, 01:20 PM
Yes go with the Ugly stick on the JJ, it took me a while of trial and error on the rods I used including breaking the tip off of a lightning rod in the JJ....
I found that the softer glass rods are better in the JJ and then you can adjust how hard you want it to set the hook by the angle you set at the butt end of the pole...
I usually go with the mid setting, but have went at the steepest before depending on how deep I'm fishing... I tried the shallowest angle the other day and missed about a half dozen hits in a row so I cranked it up to the mid setting and started hooking on the next fish.
I hear a lot guys are liking the dock buddy rods from Walmart in 30-36" lengths... They are glass rods that bend easy without breaking...
I'm using Ugly sticks on my JJ in 30" length and I really like that combination it does well on panfish and trout so far... It has a soft tip and then backbone in the rod itself so it works well hooking and then giving the fish some flex for fighting while I'm scurrying to grab the rod..
I do like the longer rods in the JJ, at least 30" so it doesn't put too much stress into the rods... I'm a little gun-shy since I broke the one rod tip... Good luck when you get after them... Later J
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I found that the softer glass rods are better in the JJ and then you can adjust how hard you want it to set the hook by the angle you set at the butt end of the pole...
I usually go with the mid setting, but have went at the steepest before depending on how deep I'm fishing... I tried the shallowest angle the other day and missed about a half dozen hits in a row so I cranked it up to the mid setting and started hooking on the next fish.
I hear a lot guys are liking the dock buddy rods from Walmart in 30-36" lengths... They are glass rods that bend easy without breaking...
I'm using Ugly sticks on my JJ in 30" length and I really like that combination it does well on panfish and trout so far... It has a soft tip and then backbone in the rod itself so it works well hooking and then giving the fish some flex for fighting while I'm scurrying to grab the rod..
I do like the longer rods in the JJ, at least 30" so it doesn't put too much stress into the rods... I'm a little gun-shy since I broke the one rod tip... Good luck when you get after them... Later J
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