Jigging Plastics

[Ice Rambo]

When jigging plastics what is the best rod to be using, a noodle rod or graphite rod? I have been using a quiverstick and it seems to work pretty well with a tungsten jig tipped w/ a plastic tail but the fish seem to hit really fast and if you don't set the hook right away you miss them or perhaps I'm just dealing with a bunch of smaller panfish that are hard to hook anyways? Just looking for any ideas or tactics that others are successful with. Thanks!

[Swift]

Whatever you're comfortable with, I use Ice Blues in all lengths UL and L but understand them. Might be the line you're using. Fluoro tends to hang straighter and lets you know quicker anything that hits the bait. Mono tends to hang looser and stretches on hook set, might just be that 1/4 second late feeling it on quick hitters, usually suicidal dinks but not always

[Rat-Man]

My rods that I use for Gills only the last 1/4 or less of the tip is very UL and I use very light fluorocarbon line,  heaviest is 2lb. I am a line and tip watcher once you get the hang of it you can hook them even before they bite!
You have to match the rod to the fish as well as the line and lures. Only 10% of the fishermen catch 90% of the fish and its because of them paying attention to details.

[fishinfiend]

I use light action graphite rod, seems to me the fish I miss are smaller and not getting the jig all the way in there mouth.

[BRIFISH]

one thing you can do is get a spring bobber or make two kinks in your line by bending it and squeezing for a few seconds which makes a z shape in the line and acts like bite indicator.  Last weekend i got into some crappie that were actually hitting up so the spring was actually straightening for a second, which is really hard to feel.  Sometime it helps

[Townie]

TUCR Precision Noodle is on my wish list...