Dobyns Fury Casting Rod 7' Med Hvy Cranking

[mark poulson]

I'm looking for another cranking rod, cheap.
Anyone here fished this rod and have an opinion?

[A42pb2]

Just picked up one and haven’t fished it much but seems more like a med than med/heavy so far. I got it for a little under retail and I think I will use it more when the grass in my lake is gone

[mark poulson]

Just picked up one and haven’t fished it much but seems more like a med than med/heavy so far. I got it for a little under retail and I think I will use it more when the grass in my lake is gone

Thanks. Let us know how it fishes, please.

[Bassforce1]

I’ve been fishing one almost a year now. The rod balances great, fatigue is not a factor. After fishing it a while using 12lb mono throwing mostly squarebills and ploppers I had a run of bad luck losing fish, I chalked it up to the rod being too weak combined with stretchy mono to get a good hookset.

I put it away for a while then on a whim decided to throw some 30lb braid on it which made the rod really came alive as my hooking and landing ratio went up and as a bonus I discovered I could now really work a jerkbait. Enough power for spinnerbait? Check. Swimjigs? Check, so long as it had a fine wire hook.

Crazy versatile (with braid), great warranty. I really find it hard to find any faults in it other than maybe the guides are cheap, and suspect long term durability, I’ve owned mine about a year and really baby my gear so I can’t comment on that yet.

[mark poulson]

I’ve been fishing one almost a year now. The rod balances great, fatigue is not a factor. After fishing it a while using 12lb mono throwing mostly squarebills and ploppers I had a run of bad luck losing fish, I chalked it up to the rod being too weak combined with stretchy mono to get a good hookset.

I put it away for a while then on a whim decided to throw some 30lb braid on it which made the rod really came alive as my hooking and landing ratio went up and as a bonus I discovered I could now really work a jerkbait. Enough power for spinnerbait? Check. Swimjigs? Check, so long as it had a fine wire hook.

Crazy versatile (with braid), great warranty. I really find it hard to find any faults in it other than maybe the guides are cheap, and suspect long term durability, I’ve owned mine about a year and really baby my gear so I can’t comment on that yet.

Thanks for a great review.

[A42pb2]

Had a good day fishing the Dobyns with a lucky Craft flat dr Crankbait and 12 lb seguar fc. Casting hooking and landing some spots at Nacimiento. If on the fence about the rod you won’t have much to lose if you pick up one to try.

[mark poulson]

Had a good day fishing the Dobyns with a lucky Craft flat dr Crankbait and 12 lb seguar fc. Casting hooking and landing some spots at Nacimiento. If on the fence about the rod you won’t have much to lose if you pick up one to try.

Thanks. I'm cheap, so I'll probably agonize over this decision until the crankbait bite is done. Hahaha

[poot04]

I’ve been fishing one almost a year now. The rod balances great, fatigue is not a factor. After fishing it a while using 12lb mono throwing mostly squarebills and ploppers I had a run of bad luck losing fish, I chalked it up to the rod being too weak combined with stretchy mono to get a good hookset.

I put it away for a while then on a whim decided to throw some 30lb braid on it which made the rod really came alive as my hooking and landing ratio went up and as a bonus I discovered I could now really work a jerkbait. Enough power for spinnerbait? Check. Swimjigs? Check, so long as it had a fine wire hook.

Crazy versatile (with braid), great warranty. I really find it hard to find any faults in it other than maybe the guides are cheap, and suspect long term durability, I’ve owned mine about a year and really baby my gear so I can’t comment on that yet.

Braid to leader(mono/flouro) has lots of benefits that get overlooked. A jerk bait can be worked with a very light wrist twitch with minimal fatigue all day long

[russ57]

I am thinking of picking up the colt 705 cb