I been finesse fishing for couple years now, most of the gear I have is ultralight stuff, and med rods for salmon runs during the season (also finesse). Most of the time I'm fishing for dinks on super ultralight but I want to make the change to stocked trout so I can just sit back and relax for once and shoot the shit with friends. So I bought 2 of these rods just to rig it up with Carolina rig and use Berkley powerbaits/eggs. 1/2 oz weight was heavy and had hard time loading the rod and line kept breaking (5.5 lb braid with 4 lb leader). So I switched to 3/16 oz bullet weights and it's impossible to cast in windy conditions. Also I'm skeptical with lure weights on this UL rod, 1/2 seems too much for any UL right to handle. I just rigged up 3/8 oz weight but haven't tested it but it's bowing the tip. I looked few videos on the toob but none of them is mentioning the rods power. Anyways I digress, I need a rod recommendations for stocked trout in lakes that's willing to chuck 1/2 or 3/4 oz easily to cover the distance. Any help is appreciated.
Posted by Kraptacular