Casting Rods

Power, precision, and control. Casting rods pair with baitcasting reels for techniques that demand accuracy and backbone. From flipping jigs into heavy cover to working topwater around docks, casting rods give you the leverage and sensitivity to fish hard and land fish.

Why Casting Rods Excel

Casting rods are built for power techniques. The trigger grip and reel-on-top design give you better leverage when fighting fish and pulling them out of cover. Stiffer actions drive hooks home on hard hooksets. Fast tapers deliver sensitivity at the tip while maintaining backbone in the butt section.

Rod Power and Action

Medium Power: Versatile for crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and lighter jigs. Enough backbone for hooksets, enough flex to keep treble hooks pinned.

Medium-Heavy Power: The workhorse power for most bass techniques. Jigs, Texas rigs, topwater, and swimbaits. Balanced backbone and sensitivity for all-around fishing.

Heavy Power: Built for flipping, punching mats, and pulling fish out of thick cover. Maximum backbone for driving hooks through heavy line and vegetation. When you need power, go heavy.

Fast Action: Tip bends, butt stays stiff. Maximum sensitivity for feeling bites, solid backbone for hooksets. Best for jigs, worms, and techniques where you need to feel everything.

Moderate Action: More flex through the rod. Better for treble-hook baits like crankbaits and topwater. The flex keeps hooks pinned during headshakes.

When to Use Casting Rods

Casting rods excel with heavy lures and power techniques. Jigs, Texas rigs, topwater, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and swimbaits all fish better on a casting rod. When you need accuracy to tight targets, leverage to fight fish, or backbone to pull bass out of cover, use a casting rod.

Best For

• Power fishing with jigs, topwater, and heavy lures
• Pinpoint accuracy to docks, laydowns, and cover
• Techniques that demand backbone and leverage
• Bass, pike, musky, and hard-fighting species
• Pairing with baitcasting reels for maximum control

The D&F Way

We keep things simple, honest, and respectful of the water. If it's in our store, it's something we'd fish ourselves.

Nothing extra, nothing wasted. Just solid gear for good days on the lake.