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Old 10-27-2011, 11:15 AM   #3
Mike P
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Originally Posted by stripermaineiac View Post
The sweet spot seems to be 2 oz to 2 1/2 oz. It handles a 4 oz peice of metal fine.I got a best of approx 150 yrds with 40lb braid with the metal and beyond 80 to over 100 yrds regularly with plugs that had tied tail hooks and those without. During my vineyard trip of a month and 10 days in Rhody it became my go to rod replacing my Arras both the 1322 and 1321.With long hrs casting plugs and eels at times i found the rod to be both comfortable and had a wide range of uses.
Good to see someone with a lot of experience, posting what are clearly real-world casting distances.

Too many times, guys claim absurd distances with 3 oz Polaris plugs and other stuff that you know can't go that far unless there's a hurricane behind the guy.

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