Has anyone ever fish a 6'9" or 7'2" Carrot Stick medium power Parabolicaction rod? I was thinking of getting one but really not sure what the Parabolic thing is all about. I'm trying to outfit the best cranking rod possible. Looking for input or opinions.

they are having problem's their pro BOYD DUCKETT left due to them not backing their rods under warranty

Parabolic is describing the whole bend of the rod from tip to butt basically. Saltwater popping rods are parabolic in action. It appears from comments on message boards that the carrots have issues.

I believe "parabolic" rods bend evenly throughout the entire blank. To me this would mean that there is not much backbone, but obviously enough to keep a fish buttoned up. Most other crankbait specific rods have a "moderate" action, which pretty much means that the rod gets into the "backbone" about halfway down the blank.

Carrot Stix = low quality stay away!

Popping rods are never parabolic and generally have fast actions but some will be med/fast. Never slow!

Coach2,

I bought the two rods you mentioned above and a 7.6" heavy also. The jury is still out, I bought three on sale at Cabelas a few weeks back, been working to much and haven't had time to get out and try them. I was fully aware of the breaking problem when I bought them, but as I've said before, I'll buy a freight train if its on sale....LOL. I've kept all my receipts and if they break will send them back and hope they replace them. Now if I step on one or hang it on my garage door or rod box, thats my problem. Next time I go to Falcon will see how they hold up and I have all three of them spooled with Braid.

One of the guys at Cabelas said the orig Carrot Stix broke more frequently than the Golds and the other one.

One of my buddies has one he's had since they came out and he loves it and says he has abused it about as bad as you can, he lives 45 min from fork and caught some big fish on it, his son has broke two of the 7 ftrs on hook set. Sent them back and they replaced them.

I liked the way they feel and balanced with a reel, they feel way better for some reason to me than my powells and kistlers.

Not that it matters, they sure look cool with Quantum E760pts, the organge trim on the reels match the rods.........my wife says for the first time I actually matched colors, she said now if I could only get my clothes to match.

too funny!

Popping rods are absolutely parabolic in action, not fast at all.

I guess we can agree to disagree or we have different definitions of what a popping rod is.

I can quote from many of the well known blank & rod Mfgr's catalogs that list popping blanks and none of them are parabolic or slow in action. Castaway Rods is down your way. Here is a link to one of there XP3 rods. "Popping"
http://www.castawayrods.com/home/index.p...mp;Itemid=10009
Look for yourself.

Thanks for the info. So know let's talk Lemon Stick, the new Skeet Reese rod! i've also heard good things of his 7' cranking rod. Any insight there.

Have no clue about the Skeet Reese rods.
I will tell you this though. Kistler blanks are not made by Kistler. Lamiglas makes them.

A lot of folks would be surprised to here that there are only a few rod blank manufactures and that they produce everyone elses product.

Their warranty process changed as of July 1st this year...

http://www.carrotstix.com/carrot_stix_warranty.htm

Looks like they went to the warranty type most rods use, ( send us money and we will replace the rod )

I have three and have broke one. That was my fault ( note to self, docks dont bite lures ) Other than that they have been great. Took two to Falcon and had no problems catching fish on them.

I like my carrot sticks but just wanted to put together the best cranking rod I could, who makes the best cranking rod? Got to get ready for some dd22 and trap action!

Not sure if Seeker makes a rod but they do have a blank that is highly requested by pro anglers. It's a graphite glass composite
BS706S (bass/spinning)

If you prefer all graphite the CBS705 is the ticket.

Dobyns 805 CB RM. without a doubt. Very light and strong for an 8ft rod and it has a fantastic balance.

Ask about that rod on here and see the responses you get.

Nothin wrong with some carrot stix. The 7'2" parabolic is a great rod. Ive had one for two years no problems.

+1 on the big Dobyns cranker

Coach2

There are a number of us Texas rod builders who are completely sold on the XP3 8' popping blanks for crankbaits. There are 3 models, P963, P964 & P965 that will handle all weight ranges of cranks. We purchase our blanks from Swampland Tackle.

They are all multi modulas graphite and will have a total finished rod weight around 3.25 ounces (depending on the builder). Besides being light, they are much more sensitive than glass and the action is exactly what we crankers desire while still having a powerful backend.

In my 40 something years of throwing crankbaits, I am convienced that these blanks are the best that can be had today.

I'm using the Dobyns 705 Glass crankbait rod and I love it. It's amazingly light for a fiberglass rod and I can cast it a mile. It's a 7' rod, but the word on the street is they are coming out with a 7'6" glass rod this coming year.

I've already responded to this thread..........I'm impressed I remembered.

I had the meduim parabolic and used it for over a year before it broke on a hookset when I hit the motor with it. It would be a great rod for anything with a treble hook. However, I found that I could not get a good enough hookset when wacky worming with it due to it's flexability. I replaced it with a medium heavy carrot stick and love it. I have two of the medium heavy's and no problems with them so far. Very light and great feel so I primiraly use them for wacky worming with a 50MG.

I set the hook on a Frog fish 3lber and my 7'2" Extra heavy CS broke in three pieces.

I have 5 6'9" med heavy that are great. ????? Don't know man!

Well if I can get my wife to stop buying useless stuff, I'll put this all to rest. Had a big house built for her and now she is trying to stock it full of [censored] QUICK! Thanks guys

I will not buy another Carrot stix due to this change. I bought on because of this no questions asked warranty and now their saying I have to give them 39.00 to get the warranty I thought I paid 150.00 for in the first place. Carrot Stix can kiss my arse and I will never buy another or will I advise anyone else to do so. Their product is not worth 150.00 without the warranty, I don't even think it's worth 39.00 for that matter. No backbone at all it these rods. they can suck it!!!!!!