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Over the past week or so, I have been fondling the heck outta this rod at Pro Lures. It's a 7'6" Long Range Launcher. It is not a flipping stick (don't tell anyone, but I will probably use it for flipping and pitching some of the time), as it has an extremely fast tip, which I LOVE. I took the Citica I had on my other CastAway Rod, and put it on this new rod, with some 12# P-Line Co-Polymer line. Right now, I believe that it will be a dedicated rigosaurus rod, but will be used for flipping and pitching from time to time.

In addition to this rod, I got a rod for my Dad. It's a 6'9" Light Action drop shot rod.......which is a spinning rod, and coupled it with a Sedona 2500 and 6 lbs. P-Line co-poly. This rod has a fast tip as well, and will serve him well for crappies and the occasional bass. I might snitch it from time to time and do some drop-shotting. :)

I will post more reports as I use this new casting rod.
 
I had a Castaway Mini Launcher coupled with a Calcutta 200 a few years back. It was the finest crankbait rod I ever had. 6'6" med action with a moderate tip. I got it from Phil at his recommendation. My brother got it from me when I got out of bass fishing. Sometimes I wish I still had it but it would be collecting dust. Enjoy your new rods John, Castaways are some good rods for the money.

Cheez
 
I took it out on the water this afternoon, when Dad and I went to East Antioch to fish for crappies. I had it rigged with a C-rigged fluke, and WOW! The feel of the rod pulling across the bottom was incredible. I could feel every rock, bump, etc. I didn't get any hits, though.

I can't wait to get a fish on this rod.

As for Dad's rod, he said that it was perfect. He got the two biggest crappies of the day on the rod and reel setup, and he said that it's perfect for crappie. So, I suppose that coming soon, I will get another rod just like that, with the same reel setup.
 
Have lots of castaway rods and launcher are flimsy like a buggy whip for launching a crank a mile. If you are going to pitch or flip a jig you need a heavier stck. All who flip may want to chime in but the launchers are not made for setting the hook like required while fishing a jig. My guess is also that you wont get good hook penetration flippin with it. Not trying to be a smart @## just my 10.00 dollars worth.lolemoFish emoDance
 
That's the same thing that Phil said, but I still think that I will be able to flip/pitch with it. It does have a flimsy tip, which is the main reason that I wanted to get it. However, even with the flimsy tip, I believe that it's going to be a dedicated C-rig rod.

My personal preference for a cranking rod is 7' Medium, which is a rod that I will be getting in the near future. :)

I really like the way it worked for the C-rig, and I am hoping that I can get a fish on it soon, so I can see how it's going to act when a fish is on it.

So far, so good. And Perch, no offense taken. emoThumbsup That's the whole reason I post on here, is to get feedback from others. emoToast
 
 My guess is also that you wont get good hook penetration flippin with it. Not trying to be a smart @## just my 10.00 dollars worth.lolemoFish emoDance[/QUOTE] </p>



<font color="#ff0066">Me thinks your advice is way over-rated....it's .02 worth, not 10.00 worth...LOL         J/K, pj</font></p>
 
The reason Castaway Launchers and MiniLaunchers have soft tips is for crankbaits that have smaller hooks. A real stiff or fast tip will sometimes pull a crankbait from a good fish's mouth. Many pros even use long fiberglass rods for this very reason. On the other hand you probably could use the Launcher for flippin' or c rigging but I believe with the soft tip you might lose some fish due to not being able to sink the big single hook home. 25 or 30 years ago though we only had a couple rods in the boat and made due with what we had. Cut off jigs put on cranks,cutoff SB put on worm, cutoff buzzer put on TW
etc.

Cheez
 
Fat Albert - 4/8/2007 3:19 PM



 My guess is also that you wont get good hook penetration flippin with it. Not trying to be a smart @## just my 10.00 dollars worth.lolemoFish emoDance
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<font color="#ff0066">Me thinks your advice is way over-rated....it's .02 worth, not 10.00 worth...LOL         J/K, pj</font></p>[/QUOTE] And thats coming from a man in his pjs
 
PerchJerker...PJs....hmmmmmm, something aint right there fellers.</p>

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Heavy Flippin rod for me. It better not have a flimsy tip. Its gotta stick and go!</p>
 
Hmm...

I personally am of the "pool cue" persuasion in regards to flippin' tackle.

However, it should be noted that the rods Gary Klein uses are 8 foot, parabolic action fiberglass rods with spiralled guides. Very floppy. But he uses braided line, too, so as long as the butt of the rod is pretty heavy, the tip floppiness is mitigated. He said the first flipping sticks were sawed-off noodle rods, which were fiberglass and very floppy. He's won too much money to totally discount his approach.

AWS
 


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