Your Springer riggin'

[blacktail]

OK, if you had to choose one rod and reel for all your Springer fishing, what would it be?

This would include pluggin', divers, back bouncing, floats, etc.

For me nothing super fancy...my GL2 HSR1021C with the 6501C Ambassadeur and 20 lb. mainline.

Sorry for the strech, but I'm starting to itch.

Mike

[THE REEL HEY_YALL]

My 10foot lammy Herzog special, and my abu 6500 15lb Izorline Platinum.

[Tanner]

4' Bingo Bug Rod with a Shimano ULX ultralite loaded with 4lb ultra green

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[Bait O' Eggs]

Tanner - have you ever fished any of the bingo bugs (or frisky flies) made by the same boys who made those little bingo bug poles. Probably the best trout lure I have ever used. Looks like a flat fish injected from a softer plastic with a Duck breast feather in the casting. Kind of a flatfish fly hybrid with the feathers sticking out of the lure, with the movement of a flatfish. Slow trolled behind a boat on a high lake, and it is fish on.

[Tanner]

Have not fished them but I have seen them. They looked pretty cool. Canyou still get them?
The reason I put that rod down as my choice for Springer Gear is because I have a terrible habit of hooking into Willamette springers on ultra light gear while fishing for smallmouth. Two summers ago I hooked about a 20 lb springer on a Bingo Bug rod. I was fishing the top end of Ross Island for Smallies. I was using a three inch june bug grub on 4lb mainline. I got a bite, set the hook and the fish came right to the surface next to my boat. As soon as he saw my boat he took all my line and snapped it off at the spool.
I don't have a good history of hooking springers while targeting them, but I have no problem hooking them if I am fishing for bass, walleye or shad.

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[Bait O' Eggs]

I dont know if you can still get them, I saw them at fishermans in OC about year ago. I havent seen them since. I used to enjoy talking to the 2 old boys at the sportsman show who started making them. They were retired greyhound bus drivers. Last I heard one of them died and the kids were trying to, or did take the business away from them. Sounded like a sad deal, money tearing a family up. I think Shasta tackle got tied into it somehow but am not sure about that. I wouldnt mind getting my hands on the molds and making a go at it. When you love the product, making the product would not seem like work. I have about 30 of them, and they are my first go to trout lure when fishing the high lakes.

Blacktail; For plugging and diver/bait fishing for springers I would prefer a rod line rated 10 to 20 lb. For backbouncing, the 12 to 25 lb. rod. Either for floatfishing. If I had to choose just one rod though it would be a 9', 25 lb. rod with a med-fast action taper and a strong butt section. That's a good one for the bigger fall 'nooks too. - RT

[whitewaterbill]

GL2 extra fast 12-25 with Shimano B-50 and 25# Green.

It don't really matter to me as long as it don't to the Salmon....They all will work if they get bit.....

Bill

[Mikie]

One rod? 1084C GL2 , abu 5500 C3 , 15-20# maxima UG. Gamakatsu hook's 3/0-4/0-5/0.

[willierower]

One rod eh? Ok Loomis HSR1023C GL2(12-25) Abu 6501 spooled with 35lb tough line. great diver and bait/kwik fish rod. Fishes a float decent. Back bouncing is ok as long as you dont use more that 3 oz's of lead.

[Osprey]

Loomis GL3-1143 with my Calcutta 200 loaded with 20lb ande......bring it on baby,only other thing I'll need is a good net boy....Yall

[Nuttinbutnet]

One rod for all year. Lamiglas Hot Shot Magnum, Abu 6501, 20# Trilene Big Game. Lets Party!!!

[Richter]

G. Loomis HSR981C, Abu 6501C, 20# Maxima Ultragreen.