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Old 09-04-2012, 06:39 PM
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Default Re: Top water frog help?

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Originally Posted by tycomps
braid and a heavy rod are key for penetrating the roof of the mouth as the hooks on the frog are turned upward. do you use a spinning reel or a bait caster? I've found with a bait caster there's less slack to take up after the frog hits the water and unlike a spinning/braid setup the line doesn't drape on everything around you after the cast.
Believe it or not but for my top water set up I am using a med-heavy (fast) rod with a Zebco Omega 3z pro spin cast reel (oscillating) with 30lb braid.... I love this reel... No line probs or backlashes and quick accurate casting and retreive........ Not quite good enough to use bait cast yet (still learning) and spinning reels suck at top water for me....
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