I used a 7 ft medium-light Crankin' Stick for a topwater and crankbait rod and absolutely loved it. It had no problems handling a 3/4 oz spook or deep diving crankbait. The fast tip means it bends quickly, but that doesn't mean flimsy. There are a lot of heavy action rods with fast or extra fast tips. I also really like my 7 ft 10 inch Crankin' Stick which is a medium-heavy. It's great for deep cranks and awesome for spinnerbaits, plus it's a good buzzbait & heavy topwater rod.

I have bought three of these rods . Two in 7' md/light with fast tip that I use for small (1/2 oz. and lighter ) cranks and one 7'10" med/hvy with a extrafast tip for lippless rattletraps in and around grass . All of them have proven very durable and excellant in sensitivity for the price point . These rods most of which are listed as fast in my opion are really somewhere in between fast and moderate in action . Having said that I would recommend that you consider a 6'6" -7' maybe even up to 7'6" med or med/hvy with fast to extrafast tip . The med power is going to better suited to smaller spooks and smaller spinnerbaits and the md/hvy will be better for most spinners 1/2oz and up . Spooks are in different sizes too and for the largest models the med/hvy will often be a better choice . Now to my reason for looking for a fast to extrafast action is that a fast with a slight leaning towards extrafast is best for spooks in that the stiffer tip helps to achieve that walk the dog action with little effort from your input . You also will like the extrafast more so with the larger spooks so as to be able to drive the hooks home (hooks that come on the spooks are rather large). I personally change my hooks on my larger spooks to same size but a slightlly lighter guage . I then opt for my 7' med/hvy fast tip extreme rod which in my opion is a beefy fast tip ( close to a extrafast tip ) . Using these heavy type rods and actions do of course take alot of finese from you around the boat . I like to turn my drag down before the fish gets close to the boat and be ready to hand feed it line when needed and increase tension with my thumb as needed .Most important thing with what ever rod choice make sure to let the fish have some time to get a hold of the spooks . I always give about a second and half no matter whether I feel the fish or not . Although I will add I do tend to get better at this as the day goes on . With spinner baits under 1/2 oz med power is fine depending on the hooks guage (thickness) . Thick hooks you will be sorry unless you go md/hvy . On to the action I like extrafast on all spinnerbaits . The action will be appropreate to the power used to drive the hooks home . Also the extrafast tip is very sensitive giving you the quickest hookset and feeling needed to hookup consistantly . If I was planning on using one rod for both and looking for a decent price I would look into the Extreme in a 6'6" med/hvy extrafast . You will have more accuracy with a 6'6" than with a longer rod . I will admit that I personally use a 7'6" md/hvy xtr/fast for spinners and a 7' med fast/extrafast for the spooks but I have about 20 nice bass baitcasting rods to choose from right now . So of course I will fine toon to the specific technique and lure size and line weight and wind and adjust for my size . Being that I'm 6'2" tall I can cast a longer pole with more accuracy than someone who is shorter . I actually never use a rod under 7' long anymore unless fishing for other species . Good luck and dont forget to use mono fishing line ( I use 14lb most of the time but will use as low as 8lb on very clear waters ) on those spooks because it floats and will add in the walk the dog technique . Also use a loop knot on the spooks too . I use a triple surgens knot . Easy to tie with my huge hands but you will need to retie after each catch . I know I got very windy here in answering your ? but I really felt like you were heading the wrong direction which I did many times over and felt like I could help curve the learning experience in this situation. Anyway hope that helps you out in some way . Tight lines and happy dreams . I'm so sorry . I just reread this to edit it and after rereading your ? I see that you were wanting a combo crank bait and spook rod not a spook/spinnerbait rod . After considering rewritting it decided to leave the above because of its relevance . You can see where because of what I wrote above I would not recommend a combo crankbait rod and spookrod at all . A good crankbait rod is not stiff enough to achieve the walk the dog action without some serious work from your input and they are also not really right to achive good hooksets with the spooks hooks . The spooks come with heavy guage hooks for a reason and that is because they know you will want a fast to xtrfast tip to work the bait correctly . With a stiff tip like that you will pull out normal size trebles thus the heavier hooks right out of the package . Again I'm sorry for the mistake at first . These are excellant crankbait rods for the price . My advice is that you always use rod socks on your crankbaits rods because good crankbaits rods will break if you get knicks or scratches in them . Again good luck and enjoy whatever rod you decide to choose.

You can use any of the better reels for this rod. I have a 6'6" MH rod and use the Clunn RCX reel.

It has been a great combination for me, but I have also used the same reel on the BPS Bionic and Extreme rods.

I've actually owned the mojo rod, and I perfer the bass pro rod for 3 main reasons. 1) The BPS Rod is lighter. 2) The Mojo Rod comes only in a MH and I perfer the M action. 3) The quality for a lower price. Don't get me wrong I like both rods but I perfer the BPS rod because of the lightness and it casts light weight cranks alot easier.

I have used both. The BPS is a great rod for the price. BUT, I have many St. Croix rods. I use Legend Tournament Bass Rods, Premier and Mojo. The Mojo rod is a wonderful rod. I would go with the Mojo if you like split grips. I knew it would just be a matter of time before they offered a glass crankin rod in the Mojo line. Awesome!

I don't have a Mojo rod but have used a couple of them and they are good rods but there are better for the same price. I have 3 of the Crankingstiks and really like them but if you have to have one of these two rods I would buy the Mojo . It is the better of the two with a better warranty . I would however like to suggest you look into the carbonlight 7'0" med/mod. . I have this rod in addition to many more expensive crankbait rods. I absolutely love it. One more thing make sure it's not the new micro eye version of this rod . These type of rods are becoming popular now . I have 3 of them myself and like the ones I use for flipping/pitching(increased sensitivity) but not the one I bought for crankin. I feel through really testing two very similar blanks with one ( The Floyd Duckett New White rods) having micro eyes and the other the carbonlight suggested above and my conclusion is that for long casting the regular size eyes rule the day in every way. Hope that helps you in some way. Good luck which ever rod you choose . All three of these rods are good rods.

These are baitcast rods. The Tourney Special and Bionic Blade have nice spinning models.

Unfortunately its only made for baitcasters. You could achieve some of the same action by buying a medium action spinning rod that has a stiff backbone but extra fast tip. The new 2011 catalog just came out, so maybe they will add a spinning option?

On most of the retractable butt rods, there is about 6" of rod that can be pulled down and allow you to store it in a rod locker on your boat or car. Basically you pull the rod out and line the guides up and make sure the 6" section is snug and won't slip when you make a cast. I've strayed away from these rods, b/c I've been worried that eventually the retractable 6" section wouldn't stay in place and I'd have a defective rod. Haven't read any reviews or comments about these rods.

It is like a telescopic radio antenna but only one joint that retracts the rod down into another piece of rod blank that is just a little bigger. It will be much like a two piece rod only the joint will be located close to the reel seat and in reverse so that the two pieces will not come apart like the radio antenna . It will be located about 4-6 inches forward of the reel seat . It's reason for having this option on it is so it will fit in a 7 foot rod locker and still have the length to make super long casts that are so crucial for deep water cranking or flipping and pitching rods that really excell when around 7'6" long. Really these rods only have one down side and that is that they sacrifice a little sensitivity over a one piece rod just like a two piece rod isn't as sensitive as the one piece rod . These types of rods won't lose as much sensitivity as the two piece, due to the fact that the joint is back so close to your hands. I really like my 7'6" med. rod in this model for throwing deep diving cranks. It performs very nicely for me and I have quiet a few more expensive rods to compare it too. Check out my review on these rods. Hope that helps you out.