Short Spinnerbait Rod

[nofearengineer]

Well, after my little "Jack fell down and broke his crown" incident, I was short one casting rod for spinnerbaits. I went and looked at some G Loomis, and a Shimano Cumara I was really impressed with. However, I was actually having a little trouble pulling the trigger, it being almost November and everything.

Today I was in my garage and I was just looking at the 5'6" Cabelas XML rod I still have. I originally bought it for jerkbaiting, but it didn't really feel right. So I just set it aside and sort of forgot about it. Well, for a laugh, I seated my orphaned Revo in it, tied the 17lb test to a beat-up spinnerbait, and went out in the yard just to see how it would throw.

I was really surprised how far that short of a rod cast that spinnerbait. It's a medium power, fast action, so it has some reasonable backbone, and since it's so short, I was able to cast it with pretty much pin-point accuracy. It's obviously not going to be a great rod for horsing fish out of cover, even with 17lb test, but it's balanced perfectly and feels great. It feels pretty good to not be forking over a bunch of dough too. I can't wait to try it out in the Spring.

Do any of you guys favor a shorter rod than conventional wisdom says you ought to use?