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numbskull · 03-07-2011, 02:24 PM

A 1321L would be fine at 1.5-3oz, but I'd agree it is probably longer than you need. I'd think it would also be very slow if cut from the butt (it bends way down almost to the handle as it is). I wouldn't worry about cutting a GSB, they don't seem very likely to break. I think the ssu120mh I use is a more powerful fish fighting tool than my GSB1321L. It is also less tiring to fish a 10 foot rod than an 11 footer. The SSU is not what I would call a "fast" blank, however. The xra 1204 is probably what you are looking for, but how that would standup to being highsticked landing a fish on a rock in a wetsuit, I'm not sure. Another blank to consider is the xra 1205, but it is too much rod for 1.5 oz (it likes 2.5-4). It has similar power to the ssu120mh, but is stiffer in the midsection, and faster at the tip. (often I wish I had the ssu set up conventional and the 1205 as a spinner).

I've got some of these 1321l, 1201l, 1205 (conventional), ssu120mh if you want to cast them.

03-07-2011, 02:24 PM	#5
numbskull Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: over the hill Posts: 6,682	A 1321L would be fine at 1.5-3oz, but I'd agree it is probably longer than you need. I'd think it would also be very slow if cut from the butt (it bends way down almost to the handle as it is). I wouldn't worry about cutting a GSB, they don't seem very likely to break. I think the ssu120mh I use is a more powerful fish fighting tool than my GSB1321L. It is also less tiring to fish a 10 foot rod than an 11 footer. The SSU is not what I would call a "fast" blank, however. The xra 1204 is probably what you are looking for, but how that would standup to being highsticked landing a fish on a rock in a wetsuit, I'm not sure. Another blank to consider is the xra 1205, but it is too much rod for 1.5 oz (it likes 2.5-4). It has similar power to the ssu120mh, but is stiffer in the midsection, and faster at the tip. (often I wish I had the ssu set up conventional and the 1205 as a spinner). I've got some of these 1321l, 1201l, 1205 (conventional), ssu120mh if you want to cast them.