[ScowardNJ]

I've been pulling shad rigs on my wire spoon rods for years. Last year we had a big 9er shad rig out on 300' of wire and the wire snapped at the rod tip and we lost a lot of hardware. I retied another shad rig directly to my braid backing and started catching immediately. Huge difference in the way the fish felt on the rod also w/out the wire. So this year I got a pair 7' Shimano Tallus rods w/TLD 20's. 50# braid...I think they will do well for the big 9er rigs and handle the 32oz mojos as well. Also double for some offshore uses and take the stress off my wire set ups for spooning.