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I want a rig for surf casting and have been focusing on the reel, for now, and haven't thought much about the rod. The reel choices I'm down to are the Shimano Calcutta series and the Abu garcia Morrum series. I really like the new Calcutta TE units, but I don't know how practical they are--they're expensive as hell but seem to be beautiful reels. But, then again, the Morrum line is really nice too. I like the Penn Ambassador line but everyone said that I should get additional stuff for one of them and the cost would end up being about the same as one of the top-of-the-line Morrums or Calcuttas, both of which have twice as many bearings as the Penns.
My thoughts have been to get a 10' or 10.5' rod so as to optimize the ability to keep line out of the surf, while I'm up to my neck in foam. However your 9' Sabre sounds good for a jetty rod.
I now have several Fenwick spinning rods which I am really partial to but they don't have a conventional rod that's as long as I want. I have a bunch of fly rods that I made years ago with Orvis blanks and I'd rather buy a custom than build my own again. Just getting old, I guess.
Send me an email and describe your vehicle so I'll know when I run across you at the WW or elsewhere. I'm usually in a red F-150 Off Road 4x4.
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