Ultralights

John41 · Post by **John41** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:51 pm

I had a question about ultralight rods and reels. Are they strong enough to bring in a bass? I was looking at them at the store and I didnt think they would be.

MMT · Post by **MMT** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:52 pm

It depends what you mean by ultralight. There are some junky noodle style rods with no backbone out there and I would not recommend them for bass fishing. You could likely land a bass on anything.

I've made a tournament living fishing lighter lines and rods than most guys and it has paid off nicely. I fished in a club for the past 4 years and I've won just about every award available including 4 AOY awards. I use 6lb line almost exclusively and I consider what I'm doig to be light tackle or ultralight tackle fishing.

I'm not sure you will find a good UL rod in Walmart but I can recommend several from catalog houses like BPS. Take a li=ook at their Bionic Blade series. They have a couple of 5 and 5-6 light models. Their 6ft Bionic Blade light rod is an excellent rod that you can get for about 49.99 on sale.

I am sponsored by Kistler Custom Rods. I have made several of my own light rods based on their top of the line Helium LTA series. These rods and all of the other Heliums I use have tremendous backbone, enough to set up and fight a big fish successfully. Light tackle doesn't have to mean wimpy. If you have any other questions let me know, I can help.

John41 · Post by **John41** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:38 pm

Thanks alot.

crankybait · Post by **crankybait** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:27 pm

well i have been thinking about buyin an ultralite pole, because i think i have missed tons of bass by not feeling them, as i use a 7' pole. i do use light line though (6 lb) and im 12 so i wont buy a pole for over 40. any suggestions?