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Originally Posted by BatesBCheatin
Well I tested out this rod for 5 hours and I got to say... It is much stiffer that I thought. Was a bit difficult to load even a 3oz bottle. 2 and 1/2 oz darters...poor. In fact this rod to me seems more suited to a rating 4-8 instead of a 2-6.
As a jigging rod -  No problem bouncing with 12" Sluggos with 5oz heads. If fact, this is a much better heavy jigging stick than a plug rod. Seems that if there was a sweet spot it would be 4oz or so IMO. 2oz is much too light for this thing. Didn't get a chance to fight any good fish on it (wish I had used it yesterday), but I'm sure it can handle any striper out there. It's a powerful beast, but not what I'm looking for. Have to agree with Hardbait on this one. Back it goes and the search continues...
Should also mention that I was not overly impressed with the Fuji Concept Guide System as it seemed to bottleneck my casts, but that's possibly due to the probs I had with the blank... or not.
Someone at the canal said that this rod was much stiffer than their 1 Piece SSU. The one piece I originally looked at also seemed much less stiff. Not sure what to think of that. |
really? weird.. the sweet spot on mine is 3. and 1' and 2's throw pretty damn well. i have some trouble with anything over 4. a decent shock leader solves that though. it (mine) doesnt do to well with anything over 6. tried tossing one of the 8oz shads earlier in the season, if i laid into it it might have shattered. and 3-4 and bait, very iffy. cant really lay into it.
also i love the new guides system. i had braid on for a while and it wasnt anything special. but when i switched over to mono recently... it casts much better than other rod i have ever had with appropriate sized mono on it. though i was told mono would be a waste of its capabilities it turned out to actually emphasis them
i dont have much to compare it too other then my friends arsenals of specialty rods. (ya know 1 for 1 for that) and honeslty prefer for almost anything except the lightest of plugs (4inch plastic poppers, rebels and what not)
it definitely is a power house with a fish (or rock) on though. and it is pretty stiff (just how i like em)
understand its not what yer looking for.. i just find it interesting yer experience differed so greatly than mine on the weight front.