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LOL The so called new rods we have are made by the makers that hold many of the didtance records. They made these blanks with the help of the guys from Hatteras Jacks to get us more distance with less weight in the rod. Years back I played with the distance game an got some pretty impresive numbers. but the rods are not what I'd use for fishing. 12 lb mono,50 lb leader an a reel so fine tuned if you get a brain fart you tangle the whole spool an need to take an hr to get the line respooled right. Thats as long as you didn;t bend the spool in the cast off LOL.I've built a load of distance rods over the years an many end up as bait rods due to weight an length. The rods we use aren't designed for 200 yrs. If they were you wouldn,t use them in the ditch or most rocky ares. Room for a back swing ,balance,and a flat surface just don,t exist. 150 to 175 yrds is doable with a crippled herring but rare with a pwncil no matter how much lead you jam up it;s butt LOL.30 lb braid helps but 50 cost distance.Hook a fish on the other side an no one down tide from you is gonna be able to fish for 1/2 hr as 30 lb doesn't give you what you need to land a fish fast in the ditch. that's one reason many of us use 50. Plus every damn time I cast past the middle I see a sweet fish at my feet. So are we fishing of just casting for show. Ron
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