E6X Salmon Hot Shot

A sneaky powerful 7 1/2-foot, magnum-taper casting rod designed to fish small Hot Shots and Wee Warts in the rivers of the Northwest and the Great Lakes. You can use it to drift bait, spinners and spoons on small water, but it's totally capable of handling small to medium-sized king salmon, especially when you need to downsize your offering to trigger a bite!

An 8' 2” one-piece, mag-light power - in terms of the Hot Shot Series - casting rod made for fishing lighter line and small to medium-sized lures or bait rigs. Popular on the smaller rivers where the fish can get spooky given low, clear water conditions. It still has a powerful butt-section to help set the hook when pulling plugs, but can double nicely as a drift rod when the fish aren't chasing hard baits.

Designed after our original one-piece Hot Shot rod, this 8' 2” rod is rated mag-medium, featuring a medium stiff tip-section with a magnum butt-section. It's made to fish deep-diving lures for steelhead and salmon. It has plenty of power and can fish small diver/bait rigs. It's a great all-around steelhead plug rod that offers the flexibility to cast drift rigs on coastal and inland salmon streams.

This one-piece, 8' 2” plug rod has a medium-power tip that allows the lure to work easily and the tip's wobble tells the angler that the lure is working properly visually. The rod is designed to allow the boat to fish the plug, backing the lures down the drift slightly slower than the current, forcing them to dive, wiggling erratically. The lure rating is very broad because some anglers use this rod for light duty back-bouncing and diver/rig combinations. When the big salmon show up, this is the rod you want in your boat!

A slightly more powerful one-piece, 8' 2” back-trolling, plug rod for fishing faster, heavier water and larger salmon species. A good option for Flatfish or Quickfish with sardine wraps. It's not too surprising how large a fish it can handle given the mag-heavy power rating. It will easily handle up to 6-ounces for back-trolling or back-bouncing, but for casting purposes, it will handle 3 to 4 ounces.

An 8' 6” two-piece casting rod designed specifically for back-trolling plugs like the standard Hot Shots and Wiggle Warts. The extra-fast taper and the powerful, magnum butt-section make it a favorite among salmon drift anglers. It has a long rear cork grip for extra leverage and a lot of power. E6X technology makes it light and very sensitive. A 'must have' for drift fishing big kings in Alaska!

A slightly more powerful two-piece plug rod that due to it's 9-foot length gives you plenty of options. You can pull plugs with it'drift bait with it or even fish a float with it. It's strong and powerful and a great large river rod. The extra length helps manage a drift a little better than a shorter rod and increases the tip-speed for a quick and positive hookset.

The big gun of the Hot Shot Series! This 9-foot, two-piece plug rod is the power house of the line-up. It doubles nicely as a float rod for small salmon rivers along the coast and it's capable of handling any size plug or diver/bait set-up. The extra length also helps spread out your baits when back-trolling. A great, magnum salmon rod!