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Fenwick Rods


busse3775

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Was wondering what your guy's opinions were on Fenwick rods. I will mostly use it for pulling lindy rids for walleyes. Just wondering what your guy's preference was on for a rod that can be used for many different fishing techniques or just an all around good rod for walleyes.

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Picked up my Elite Tech EWS63M-XF 6'-3" medium, xtra fast, walleye jigging rod and coupled it with a Pflueger® Supreme MG spinning real and loaded it with Berkley Nanofil 8# test. Love it so far. Had it out on the water this past weekend on Traverse and despite the 3-4 foot rollers, I could feel if my 1/4oz. jigs were on gravel or muck. Light weight, comfortable handle, and sensitive. Can't wait to test it further.

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I ran Fenwick for years and loved them but something changed that they got cheaper or I don't know what for sure. I switched most of my rods over to a Kuma deadeye series for less money you get a whole lot better Rod check him out Kumafishing.com

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Favorite walleye rod by far. I have the 7'2" Rigging and also the 6'9" Jigging/Rigging Combo. Great Rod. No complaints. The 7'2" is awesome, I can feel just about anything pulling any kind of live bait rig. The 6'9" is a great all around rod and I would suggest going with that if you are only going to get one, as the 7'2" is not much of a jigging rod. The 6'9" is also a great rod for little cranks and some light drop shotting if you chase species other than walleye.

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I've got a couple older low end 6'6" medium that are a discontinued low end rod that are decent. I picked up a 6'3" MXF Elite Tech last year and its an awesome rod. I love pitching jigs in the river with that thing. Its right up there with my IMX Loomis. I plan to try out the new 7'2" MXF Aetos rod this year.

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about 20 years ago I was taken care of very well by Fenwick via Reeds in Walker and because of that and because of how much I like the features of the rods I've stuck with them for nearly all my walleye rods. I have quite a few HMG's and a few HMX's and some newer ones. I never thought about it much but because they took care of me way back when I've paid them back many times over.

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My HMX med 7ft 2piece has served me well for years, I like the long handle (13" from but to the reel post) for trolling or shore fishing, but much to long for sitting and casting or jigging in a small craft that you can't stand in.

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