Micro Magic rods?

[Reid G]

My buddy said he handled these down at the expo last week, and really liked em. Anybody else seen these?

[Cecil]

I saw them at expo as well. They felt nice. I love my micro guide rod a lot.

[Reid G]

Wasn't Ike using a Micro Magic spinning rod during the classic, as well?

[Cecil]

no, they were Abu Garcia Veritas. Saw them at expo as well. Very nice rod.

[ikeslayer]

Micros have been around for a while with rod makers but are now hitting the mainstage with ducketts line and kistlers - and i am sure others will be coming too. I personally think they are nice, make a lot of sense, and have very few negatives - like they have ice build up faster - and are not good to those how need bifocals in low light, but other than that the sensitivity and the weight reduction is quite nice.

[Cecil]

Agree. There are a few more companies coming out with micro next year that I know of. Also, they fit nice in rod lockers!

[TonkaBass]

Do they work with open face?

[Cecil]

No

[bemidjibasser]

Actually they work just fine with open face/ spinning reels. They first couple guides used on a spinning rod would be "normal" size to the first choker guide , and then you can use micros as running guides out to the tip. I have yet to build one this way, but the next spinning rod I build will have micros on it.

- Cecil- You should see the 8' crankbait rod with micros that I finished a few weeks ago...

[Cecil]

That makes sense...

I would love to seee it. I will be in your neck of the woods mid July. We'll have to get out...

[Sproguy]

Regarding a spinning rod, I built one last year and it works great! I built it on a light action rod for increasing casting distance with a wacky head jig. Does it increase casting distance, YES, is it more sensitive, maybe, that is tougher to gauge as you need a rod with the exact same blank built two ways, blah, blah, blah. It is just to subjective, but I can assure you that it does increase casting distance.

If memory serves me the first guide was a size 10 or 12 the second a 6, then the rest were micro's. I used a size 4 micro. Tough to build with them as the guide seat is so small but the finished results are really nice.

[bemidjibasser]

Cecil- Definitely like to get out sometime this summer. We could even meet half way at Mille Lacs...

[Cecil]

We can do that too! I will be there plenty in June I'm sure. I have a derby in your neck of the woods in July.

[Ralph Wiggum]

White blanks? Those things are ugly! Are they for wannabe catfishermen???

[TonkaBass]

I dont care what they look like as long as they feel good...

[Cecil]

Thats what she said

[TonkaBass]

LMAO!

[bemidjibasser]

Where is the derby? Leech?

[Cecil]

Cass

[bemidjibasser]

never fished cass for bass...might have to give it a try... Just guessing, but the reeds would probably hold a lot of fish in pike bay.

[Cecil]

yeah, i heard shallow reeds

[Deitz Dittrich]

There are not a ton of bass in Cass, but the areas that do have them hold decent numbers and sometimes a pretty good size.

[Bigguyone]

I will let the cat outta the bag....I have fished all over north america and just moved to SoCal for the big bass....I have never, never had a lake produce as many fish in a day or an hour as Cass lake. Also I have never had one spot produce so many fish in a day or in 3 days as a spot on Cass.

In one area of Cass we (2 of us) managed 57 fish in the boat in under 90 minutes and in the 3 days caught over 120 fish in a total of about 4 hours on only a 150' stretch of the lake.

Also we had a time where in under 90 minutes we boat 37 fish - all on frogs.

After fishing from Lake Fork,TX to Diamond Valley, CA to Mexico....there is not a lake I have ever found to produce SO MANY 1.5-2.5lb fish.

Did not manage any big 6+lb fish but WOW...numbers were astounding. Literally going 4-5 casts in a row boating fish...remember it like it was yesterday (it was in 2007).

In my opinion MN and British Columbia are the best kept LM bass secrets in North America.

You hear of all the TOAD 10+lb fish in California and we do have them but catching them is a completely different story.

I would rather try to catch a 53" muskie over a 10lb LMB anyday (much more likely to catch the muskie).

The pressure on the fish here is astounding...today I fished on a lake that is about 6.75sqmi 4.5mi x 1.5mi (Diamond Valley) and there were over 90 boats on the lake.

The fish were on beds and I saw many, many fish but catching them is a different story. Yesterday I fished with a guy that use to fish the FLW as a pro for a living (full time pro) and today I fished with another local pro and it is VERY tough. A 20 fish day is nearly unheard of here...even a 10 fish keeper day is not very often.

Yet there are days like a couple weeks ago where the 5 fish bag that won a local tournament was 42.5lbs on lake Perris (a lake that is 6 sqmi). Eventhough they had a bag of 42.5lbs they only boated about 12 keepers...and 5th place was MUCH, MUCH lower weight while a 24lb bag won the tournament at Diamond Valley that day and some days three fish puts you in the money due to how tough the bite is.

Today the two of us fished from 7:30am til 5:45pm (on Diamond Valley)...total of 6 bites and 4 fish between the two of us with a 2.5lb, 3lb, 3.5lb and 4.5lb fish. This was fishing jigs in 20-55' of water all day and we did not talk to anyone else that caught over a 5lb fish and there were 90 boats fishing All day.

It is very different here on most of the lakes as 40' for LM bass is not considered "deep." 65+ft is where they start considering it deep and 80' is really deep fishing for them.

Also the water has 20' of clarity on many of the lakes here and makes it tough as you have to "match the hatch" very precisely and the fish often see you or the boat very quickly as there is very little cover due to being a reservior and water fluctuating 25-110' vertically per year. A hump can be 20' deep at one time of year and 90' out of the water other times of year so it is always changing.

Such a different world and believe me....leaves me wanting more MN almost everytime I fish.

Sorry to go on forever but it was one of those tangents that we talked about a lot today as we were fishin as we were dreamin' of our June MN trip for SMB, pike, muskie, and LMB.

[Cecil]

So, feel free to email me with the info about that area!!

[Sproguy]

Guys,

What "expo" are you talking about and who had them? I have googled it and I can't find a HSOforum to buy them on. Not sure I want to buy one yet but can't even find any real info on them, other than their direct site.

Thanks!