Woodsac,
I love being able to tell ya about it! BTW I saw the baits that you sent JC and they're pretty sweet too. I liked the feel of them and the smell. What would it take to get some of those craws w/ the natural positioned arms with floating claws? You sent him 1 with right angle arms and it didn't look like it would pull through anything but thats MHO, otherwise sweet baits.
As for the Kistler, that's toooo RICH for this guy. I've had Clarus rods before (as a matter of fact the 1 I was using was 1) and if you match the rod to the application they can be awesome for the $. Speaking of which, I'd think I would want a 6' or 6'6" Med. with an Extra-Fast action/taper, right?
Tight lines,
Wade

PS: Thanks to everyone for their input.