What Do You Use For A Jig Rod? 2025

Hi Salenity reply :

What does everyone use to flip & pitch jigs? I lost my 7'11'H Rage rod and am about to buy another rod.

I'm thinking about another 7'11'' Rage or a 7'10''HF Legend Tournament but I want to know what everyone else is using.

scrutch reply :

Dobyn's DX 795 FLIP. Absolutely awesome rod. Über sensitive, perfect power, super light.

Alpster reply :

Loomis IMX custom FS905 Flippin Stik. It is heaven for pitching jigs.

Ronnie

Jim_M reply :

7' MH Fast. 1/2 - 1 oz football jigs. 50# braid and 15# fluoro leaders.

BASSclary reply :

St.Croix Avif 7' MH/F with 50 # Seagaur Kanzen, mostly dragging footballs

SDoolittle reply :

Kistler Mag TS 7' Heavy/Fast

Kistler Argon 7'5" Heavy/Fast

HookSetDon reply :

Gloomis Mossy back 7'5 hf

bassinKS reply :

Dobyns Champion 735C, my first Dobyns rod and I can tell you it wont be my last I love this rod!

msolorio reply :

+1 for the dobyns 735c. i use an allstar 7'6" heavy telescoping as well. not the nicest lookin rod but geez its light, sensitive, and powerful. lookin at gettin a bps carbonlite flippin stick soon.

flippin and pitchin reply :

Dobyns DX745 and DX784.

SirSnookalot reply :

A jig rod is probably the only technique rod I think that is important, other than that I'm fine with multi purpose rod. The weight of jigging a heavier jig, in my case bucktails and butterflys, will put my back into a world of hurt using an inappropriate rod. I have heavy for spinning and xh for bait casting gear.

John G reply :

I just bought a Loomis BCR875 for punchin. That is what I am using now. I had an opportunity to handle a Loomis FSR904X GL2 last week. When I get the money, I will be getting the IMX version of that rod and it will replace the BCR875 for punchin.

For light duty pitchin, I am using my Loomis MBR 844IMX.

00 mod reply :

Loomis BCR854 GLX

St Croix Avid 70hf

Jeff

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

7'3 vendetta MH F .....Also a 7'6 carbonlite Mh F

ww2farmer reply :

Pitching: St Croix 7' MH/F, either my Avid or Legend Tournament in that power/length/action. Flipping: St Croix Mojo 7'11" H/MF

Chris at Tech reply :

Zillion 7'MH/F paired with Zillion reel. Heaven.

LuckyHandsINC. reply :

7'2 shimano cumara MH/f with patriarch XT.

Mike__D reply :

I have a bunch of options, but so far I have not decided which rod I will use for my jig fishing... Here is what I have to select from:

Dobyns Extreme DX795

Dobyns Extreme DX745

Shimano Cumara CUC-X72MH

Daiwa Zillion 7MHF

St.Croix Legend Elite 70MHF

All can be used as a jig rod at the drop of a hat. Just haven't decided which one I will be using exclusively for jigs, yet...

Mike D

J Francho reply :

Depends on the weight of the jig, the cover, and casting room.

Here's what I'll tie a jig to:

GL2 803CJWR

LTBC70MF

LTBC70MHF

AVC70MHF

Deep South 7'6" XXH Flippin' Pitchin'

Siebert Outdoors reply :

I primarily use 4 depending on circumstances.

Loomis GLX 853, 854, 855, 875

HookSetDon reply :

I just did a search for the deep south rods, how are they? seems like the price is too good to be true

J Francho reply :

Unbreakable.

ChiCityBasser reply :

I have 2 setups I use with the first being:

6'6" Cabelas XML H/F,Quantum Accurist 501 PT with 50# Cajun Braid

7'11" Quantum Superlite QTC711F(Telescoping Blank), H/F, Quantum Accurist AC101 HPT

(7.0 Burner) with 50# Cajun Braid

Those are my 2 choices and haven't had the 7'11 rod out yet but the Cabelas XML set up works great.

Hi Salenity reply :

On 4/9/2012 at 9:59 PM, J Francho said:

Depends on the weight of the jig, the cover, and casting room.

Here's what I'll tie a jig to:

GL2 803CJWR

LTBC70MF

LTBC70MHF

AVC70MHF

Deep South 7'6" XXH Flippin' Pitchin'

What length/action do you prefer while fishing from a Kayak? I'm having some trouble getting a good hookset (may be dink fish) so I'm going back to braid and going with a long fast heavy rod... Thoughts?

J Francho reply :

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What length/action do you prefer while fishing from a Kayak?

Any. No preference, so long as the rod is suited to the cover. I will say, I don't like monstrous rear grips when I'm sitting.

bigfishbk86 reply :

Duckett 7'6" XH XF, the perfect pitching rod in my opinion.

Hi Salenity reply :

That's funny, :laugh5: I like a longer grip. I put the butt of the rod to the side of my chest and then set the hook. Some days I go home with marks all over my chest where the metal butt plate of my Veritas has dug into me.

SoFlaBassAddict reply :

Dobyns DX 744 for footballs

Dobyns DX 745 for heavier cover

Dobyns Champion 736 for straight up nasty stuff

smalljaw67 reply :

I'm very old school in that I use shorter rods than most but I have used them so much I'm actually pretty good with them. My flipping set up is a custom 7' Shakiri heavy powered fast action blank, paired with a Pflueger Supreme casting reel which is no longer made but it is built like a tank and perfect for flipping. For pitching I use a 6'6" Quantum Superlight PT medium heavy powered fast action with a Quantum Smoke 150, I just switched to that reel last year and it is great for pitching, I can put a 3/8oz jig in a 16oz coffee can from 35' out consistantly.

ROCbass reply :

I have 2 combos I'll fish a jig on:

St Croix Mojo 7'MHF, Daiwa Advantage 150H, 50# braid

St Croix Avid 6'6"MHF, BPS Carbonlite, 30# braid

The mojo also serves as my frog rod, but other than that whichever doesn't have a jig on will usually have a texas rig on.

Hi Salenity reply :

On 4/10/2012 at 1:40 AM, Hi Salenity said:

What length/action do you prefer while fishing from a Kayak? I'm having some trouble getting a good hookset (may be dink fish) so I'm going back to braid and going with a long fast heavy rod... Thoughts?

Hookset problem solved. I tied my fc to a tree and gave it a tug and determined it was made by slinky.

I changed to braid and went fishing and had had no problems with hooksets.

.Paxamus. reply :

7'2" Cumara MH Fast with 40# Sufix 832 and 16-20 Sunline Sniper Leader

MrSwimJig reply :

Cumara 7' 2" MH/XF

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