This is all good discussion. It's pretty obvious that there are a wide range of opinions on what a good spinnerbait rod is, which could mean that it's not super important, or could mean that some of you guys could be using something better ;) (joke joke).

The only reason I'm asking is because I have low confidence in spinnerbait fishing and find that when I do throw blades I miss an unacceptable number of bites. In general I don't like any technique where you lose more than 30% of your bites, but I also know that a spinnerbait can be a good way to catch keepers in tournaments so I'm just trying to improve for the odd occasion where I might need to throw one.