Ok, here comes an old time plunker (yeah, I may only be 30, but I've been plunking with my Dad since I was about 6). I've had a lami I tried plunking with, but I'll tell you the way to go.

I use the old traditional made in the USA 70's and 80's models, but you can buy one of the newer series that are built by Berkeley (I do believe) now. They are the Fenwick series rods, in either F85C, F88C, or F89C. The 85C is actually the old driftrods, they have smaller diameter eyes. The 88C and 89C is the "mooching" rods. They're made of fiberglass and have ALL the backbone you can use. I currently have 3 of these rods, 2 that I use for plunking have 6001's on them, the other has a 5001 on it. They're all older fenwicks, when a fenwick was ACTUALLY a fenwick. I use up to 6 oz pyramid sinkers and they can handle up to 20# test. The nice thing is, that with the strong backbone on the rods, they have a flexible tip, making strikes very visible. I even use these as plug rods too. I have my loomis's and Lami's, but I always seem to go back to my old Fen's. This is just my .02 on rods, the lami's and loomis' are great, but I like the feel of fenwick glass rods for plunking.

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