calstar - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

kiyo21 · 07-08-2013, 10:26 PM

whats a good calstar rod for yoyo with a MXL? and what irons should i look at for this? I know about surface but just starting to get into yoyo

FishNinjaY · 07-08-2013, 11:43 PM

I'm interested in this info also.

I found a decent description of the various irons and surface vs yoyo.. on the Charkbait website. It describes the various Tadys, weights, uses. A good place to start for noobs like me.

http://www.charkbait.com/cs/csc_Tady.htm

Some quick tips I've heard... the chrome/blue seem to get bit, also scrambled egg and blue-white patterns? The white with red S and glow is good for WSB. I know none of this from firsthand experience. Just regurgitating what I've overheard, being the fly on the wall at my LTS..

oneyedeer · 07-09-2013, 06:37 AM

800m is a great all around rod yoyo and light to medium surface irons....it does it all!

kiyo21 · 07-09-2013, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oneyedeer

800m is a great all around rod yoyo and light to medium surface irons....it does it all!

Hhhmmmm I'm gunna look into that one, I have a surface rod the 100j just need for yoyoing but can always use a back up surface for friends

bus kid · 07-09-2013, 09:08 PM

one of the best write ups on the iron.

http://www.seasamurai.com/SurfaceIron.html

taggermike · 07-09-2013, 10:53 PM

Fishing Yo-yo iron does not usually involve much casting so a shorter rod is fine. Some thing 6-7 feet long range is ideal. I use graphite for all my bait rods but for irons I still like glass. You know when you're bit and a glass rod absorbs the shock better than graphite, imo. I wrapped a calstar WC670, I think that was the blank, for yoyoing. Not high tech, heavy glass, rated for 40lb, with a slightly soft tip. Worked great.
As for irons, the salas 6x jr and the tady 9 are always winners. Mike

TCS · 07-09-2013, 10:54 PM

700MH

kiyo21 · 07-09-2013, 11:13 PM

Ya My only concern with somthing under 8' is I herd that if I ever have to swing around my 10' I'm screwed but idk I think if the tip of the rod takes a dive I can fight home under the yak insted of trying to bat the birds

FishNinjaY · 07-10-2013, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiyo21

Ya My only concern with somthing under 8' is I herd that if I ever have to swing around my 10' I'm screwed but idk I think if the tip of the rod takes a dive I can fight home under the yak insted of trying to bat the birds

Along your same line of thinking.. I was concerned about a rod not being long enough if I have to swing it around my 14' oasis tandem!

But, someone brought up another good point, which is that if you have a big fish, a longer rod can be a bit tricky to bring the fish boatside for the gaff shot.. without having a clumsy long rod to wrestle with under your armpit while trying to gaff a fish dangling on 14' of line.

I just got a 6'6" heavy rod for my Revo Toro 50.
We'll see how it goes...

07-08-2013, 10:26 PM	#1
kiyo21 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Chino CA Posts: 202	calstar whats a good calstar rod for yoyo with a MXL? and what irons should i look at for this? I know about surface but just starting to get into yoyo

07-09-2013, 09:08 PM	#5
bus kid Team Keine Zugehörigkeit Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Way out there Posts: 2,854	one of the best write ups on the iron. http://www.seasamurai.com/SurfaceIron.html __________________ Não alimente os trolls------------Don't feed the trolls---------------インタネット荒らしを無視しろ

07-08-2013, 11:43 PM	#2
FishNinjaY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Seal Beach, CA Posts: 428	I'm interested in this info also. I found a decent description of the various irons and surface vs yoyo.. on the Charkbait website. It describes the various Tadys, weights, uses. A good place to start for noobs like me. http://www.charkbait.com/cs/csc_Tady.htm Some quick tips I've heard... the chrome/blue seem to get bit, also scrambled egg and blue-white patterns? The white with red S and glow is good for WSB. I know none of this from firsthand experience. Just regurgitating what I've overheard, being the fly on the wall at my LTS..

07-09-2013, 06:37 AM	#3
oneyedeer Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Orange County, ca Posts: 684	800m is a great all around rod yoyo and light to medium surface irons....it does it all!

07-09-2013, 10:53 PM	#6
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Fishing Yo-yo iron does not usually involve much casting so a shorter rod is fine. Some thing 6-7 feet long range is ideal. I use graphite for all my bait rods but for irons I still like glass. You know when you're bit and a glass rod absorbs the shock better than graphite, imo. I wrapped a calstar WC670, I think that was the blank, for yoyoing. Not high tech, heavy glass, rated for 40lb, with a slightly soft tip. Worked great. As for irons, the salas 6x jr and the tady 9 are always winners. Mike

07-09-2013, 10:54 PM	#7
TCS Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 478	700MH

07-09-2013, 11:13 PM	#8
kiyo21 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Chino CA Posts: 202	Ya My only concern with somthing under 8' is I herd that if I ever have to swing around my 10' I'm screwed but idk I think if the tip of the rod takes a dive I can fight home under the yak insted of trying to bat the birds