I gotten obsessed with little fur/feather jigs and have been teaching myself how to tie them. I have a SJR 6400 IMX/Stradic 1000FJ/6lb Mono combo that I love for the bigger 1/8oz heads but it's not great for the lighter ones.
I have been looking at getting an cheap ajing rod to throw the smaller ones but have not found much info about the various cheaper $100-200 ones. I would like a sub-6' rod but could deal with one around 6' if I had to. I will be fishing these jigs for panfish/small bass in creeks/rivers, mostly pretty small flows. The main hiccup for getting an ajing rod is line weight, most seem to max at 3lb mono and I would like to use at least 4lb/0.175mm ish line. Even the smallest flows have the chance of a suprise pickerel, striper, or snakehead and I don't like super thin line in general.
I have been looking at the following rods in no real order:
- Soare TT Ajing S64UL-S
Soare BB Ajing S64UL-S
GEKKABIJIN AJING 55UL-S
SALTY ADVANCE AJING-S64UL
Thanks!