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Saltheart, Maybe we require different needs. I have had a 10 ft 1209 conventional used for plugging, a 1089 used for plug/ jigging, a 9.5 ft 1209 from tip for jigging and a 1209 that is now rockified to 9.5 ft. The only one I truly like is the 9.5 ft 1209 that I use for jiggin because it can heave heavy weights. Other than that the 1209's are so stiff you can't work a pencil, the 1089 says it will handle heavy weights and only flexes in the top 2 ft where the fast taper brings the tip to nearly nothing and feels like it's going to snap. I have found that that rod rated 1-5 oz works best while throwing a 1 oz deadly #^&#^&#^&#^& for albies with a 965 and light mono. I can't cast a plug with it far enough to use in the ditch but do use it for a little lighter jigging around slack. I don't know, they just seem poorly made to me, I guess you get what you pay for though. I just got a All Star 120-8 for eeling. I cut off the top 4" becuase it tapers way fast. Now that seems like it's a nice stick! Nice and light, good taper, nice even flexing solid blank. Back to Lami glass blanks for plugging for me. WHat do you use your Sabres for? Maybe we just have different needs?
East Tide
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