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Rods for droppering

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Les Jones

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I am getting fed up constantly attaching and re-attaching a bait dropper to my fishing rod and then worrying about possible hook/line damage when I do hook a good fish or struggling with the weight of the dropper on my fishing rod so I am thinking about buying a rod just to use with a dropper.

I usually use the medium Fox or Seymo droppers and I am not sure if a 4lb Spod rod would be over heavy or if I should look at a 'heavy' (3.00LB - 3.5LB Carp Rod). I would like the option to possible use the large size of the above droppers but would like a bit of 'feel' in the rod rather than a broom handle.

Any suggestions?
 
I use a twelve foot Barbel Seeker.................... doubles up as a pretty good barbel rod as well:D:D:D:D
 
I use my 6' jerk bait rod, though casting with the multiplier can be a little tricky, depends how far out you need to cast it.
 
I use a 4lb tc spod rod with the large seymo dropper and it can lob it 20-25yds if necassary. Not the most subtle baiting application! :eek:
 
I bought a cheapo telescopic rod from a boot sale for exactly this (it was 2 quid). I've not used it yet due to my new family status, but I hope to give it a go at some point in 2015...

AF
 
Andy Frances said:
I bought a cheapo telescopic rod from a boot sale for exactly this (it was 2 quid). I've not used it yet due to my new family status, but I hope to give it a go at some point in 2015...

AF
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You just know that's going to snap on the first cast!
 
I picked up a 5lb tc shimano beastmaster spod rod for that,and for baitdroppering on the trent.I assumed it would be like a poker.Far from it,it is very accurate even at mid river.Much more so than the old carp rod i used to use.
 
Dragon carp telescopic carp rod, £10. Take it on holiday, catch mackerel, use as heavy float rod, light beach rod, and chucking 50 gram plus wedges ( feathers above wedge if you want). Looks naff, but £10 of great fun. If how it looks worries you just make sure no one is looking when you are droppering, that a word?
Do we really need a specialised tool for every thing we do in angling. I have a friend who has just come back to angling. With his old float rod, a new ledger/feeder rod, and his 2 old Mitchell Match reels he is emptying the Sussex Ouse. Oh and he only takes a pint of maggots and a bit of hemp with him.
Shaun
 
Bought a cheap 9ft Wychwood Stalker rod (2.25lb TC) for the sole purpose of bait droppering and its proved just the ticket with medium sized droppers.

If you want to dropper with your normal Barbel rod, use a quick change swivel for the hooklink connection. Now tie a small loop of coated braid to the end of the dropper connection, and use this to connect to the quick change swivel. Works well with the lighter droppers i.e. the Fred Crouch version.
 
If I or any of the other darksiders had posted this we would have been accused of taking the mickey. Just use your fishing rod and stop worrying so much.
 
Argos beginners fishing kit. You'll be the coolest kid on the bank.
 
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To stick out the large seymo droppers i use a spod rod as i think any normal rod isn't upto the abuse a 12oz dropper can give it. For smaller droppers on small rivers a 9m margin carp crucher type pole is worth thinking about, nice accurate baiting with no disturbance as you lower the dropper in.
 
Adrian Williams said:
If I or any of the other darksiders had posted this we would have been accused of taking the mickey. Just use your fishing rod and stop worrying so much.
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Ahhh bless, poor hard done by you.:rolleyes::rolleyes::p

Your answer to the question is the same as mine but I'm not that bothered whether some think that my response is taking the mick, cos clearly it ain't!

Maybe if hoofing a huge dropper out any distance, then a spod rod would be better.

Simply use a hooklink clip and a robust snap swivel on your lead, detatch both hooklink and lead, then attatch dropper to snap swivel, a couple seconds later, SORTED!:)
 
spod rods????..i just unclip my lead and attach dropper with hook inbedded in rubber on dropper..i dont use heavy rods and have done this with 4oz quivers..ive cast the bigger size fox baitdropper with no problems with jus 1.5lb test rods..;)
 
The joy of fishing for unfound, unfished-for fish that would only let out a fishy "WTF!!" if they saw half a bucket incoming... Secret vice and pleasure of mine, finding such ladies, hence my paranoiac-fantasy stalkers ("Not!").
 
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Landing net handle with a bit of line attached I gather is a big fav'........... :) ....but it must be a Fox one to have enough flex... :D
 
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