OHUB Overview: Dobyns Fury 703SF Spinning Rod

Relating to fishing a Ned Rig the outdated saying “you possibly can’t train an outdated canine new methods” positively rings true. Whereas I grew up bass fishing, it appears someplace alongside the road I missed out on the Ned Rig craze that began over twenty years in the past.  Certain, I’ve been plugging away at it and gaining confidence in fishing the Ned Rig method, however I admit that it’s a sluggish and painful course of. My quest to change into a Ned Rig fisherman took a substantial step ahead this previous week as I bought a Dobyns Fury 703SF Spinning Rod. The rod got here with excessive accolades from others who had been thought-about professionals (for my part) when it got here to utilizing a Ned Rig.

I paired the rod with a Shimano Stradic FL Spinning Reel and straight away I might inform this might be a set-up that I’d excel with when bass fishing.

Let’s begin with the clean. The rod is a single-piece rod manufactured from high-modulus graphite which boils right down to the rod being made with a excessive fiber density. Producers usually pack a whole lot of graphite into the rod to achieve what’s known as “excessive modulus”.I attempted this rod out at a neighborhood pond and I seen the Dobyns Fury’s sensitivity proper from the get-go. On my first forged, I might inform that there was one thing particular about this rod. Throughout my journey, I used to be in a position to set the hook on seven bass with six fish being landed so the hook-up fee was excellent.

So many issues stood out for me with the Dobyns Fury 703SF Rod I hardly know the place to begin. The rod is extremely balanced and wasn’t bottom-heavy in any respect. One in every of my largest issues with utilizing a Ned Rig is that the bass picks up my lure with out me realizing about it. With the Fury,  I felt the rod tilt ahead with ease which informed me {that a} fish picked it up. The consolation from the 5A Portuguese Cork deal with was a bonus as I used to be in a position to fish all day with this rod with none discomfort.

On a down word, I want this rod got here in a 7-foot size because it’s what I desire when utilizing a Ned Rig however the 7.6 labored properly sufficient.

In conclusion, I’d extremely advocate the Dobyns Fury 703SF Spinning Rod to anybody who makes use of a Ned Rig because it’s been the bottom rod I’ve tried out to this point and can stay my go-to rod for utilizing a Ned Rig.

Keith Lusher

Keith Lusher is an award profitable out of doors journalist that resides in Covington, Louisiana. He owns and operates NorthshoreFishingReport.com and writes a weekly out of doors column for the Slidell Impartial Newspaper. He additionally writes for the St.Tammany Parish Tourism Fee’s LouisianaNorthshore.com and Louisiana Northshore Discover Journal. He’s the previous host of The Northshore Fishing Report Radio Present and is on the board of the Louisiana Outside Writers Affiliation. Keith contributes to quite a few publications each on-line and in print and prides himself on selling South Louisiana’s distinctive fishery.