looking to buy a new topwater setup. I'm thinking something in the 6'6 range since I'm a shorter guy and I fish a lot of walking topwaters and poppers. what's the best topwater rod out there for $100ish. looking at maybe the falcon bucoo 6'6 medium

I like my Duckett Terex a lot. Been good so far.

Limit 5 series Heavy 7'4" is my preferred for top water. thats on walking baits. On a popper I might move to a MH but a medium is too light in my opinion and does allow me to get enough pop on the Pop-R's

MajorCraft NanoAce 6.6m topwater rod. Would work for jerk baits and small cranks. $65.00!

You will like that 66m Falcon. It works very well for poppers and smaller walking baits like a spook Jr. For
A little bigger lures, the Falcon 610mh or 7mh are good options as well. Both are really good for a lot of techniques as well as topwater.

Find you an old Allstar topwater rod. Stick to the ones made in Houston.

TWS model

I like the med hvy mod fast rods for top water. These are the Buccoo brc-5-166 and the 168 is 6�8� if you want it a little longer.

They also make the Jason Christie 6�8� rod at the same price point. It�s the JCC-68SB. It�s labeled as a squarebill spinnerbait rod but would also be good for top water

Falcon Bucco Swim Jig rod now doubles as a topwater rod for me. 7ft 2 in rod. I used to use the Allstar TWS Zell Rowland until I sod it. I had a stupid moment!!

This is a fantastic rod for that price.