Dobyns 7'3" may heavy. Favorite bass rod I own. Tip is soft enough to have some action but the butt end has enough backbone to turn big fish out of heavy cover.
I never understood why people used mag heavy rods after growing up fishing retention ponds. After moving near a big lake and losing multiple fish in matted cover and pads I can't fish without it.
10-4 thanks, I threw my Dobyn's 766 Flipping rod last night off the dock with a smallish frog, I could get decent distance, but expect better once I am using a bit heavier frog. Might wait till I get on the boat and fish it before I decide to add another. I feel like this rod doesn't have quite as much tip as I'd like but def has the ass to move large fish and pin double hooks.
I just moved up to Talquin and lost a MONSTER last weekend on a Teckel frog, 10/12# class fish. I don't think the rod I was using really had enough power to pin those double hooks properly. I let the fish take it, reeled down, and set the hook with both arms, but when the fish came up the second time she shook the hook. I've been re-playing that blow up, and scene in my head since then.... hence the post.
