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Bob Senior · 08-10-2003, 08:04 AM

I've heard all the arguments against big rods, but went ahead and built one anyway. It's an ultra-light Breakaway 13.5 foot spinning rig with a Sustain 6000. It's long and it's heavier than shorter rods--duhhh. But, casting from Narragansett Beach earlier this year, I bounced a pencil popper off the roof of the Breakers by mistake!!! Well, not quite. Its job is to reach schools from shore and it really excels at that.

It's absolutely a waste of money, time and energy to use it for day-to-day surf fishing, though (I use a Lami 11-footer for that and favaored my St. Croix 7.5-foot conventional a few weeks ago for a while when the fish were in the surf down here--you only needed about a 6-foot cast to ge into them.)

My 2 cents is go with the 10- and 11-foot suggestions.

08-10-2003, 08:04 AM	#10
Bob Senior Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wakefield, RI Posts: 298	Big surf rod recommendations I've heard all the arguments against big rods, but went ahead and built one anyway. It's an ultra-light Breakaway 13.5 foot spinning rig with a Sustain 6000. It's long and it's heavier than shorter rods--duhhh. But, casting from Narragansett Beach earlier this year, I bounced a pencil popper off the roof of the Breakers by mistake!!! Well, not quite. Its job is to reach schools from shore and it really excels at that. It's absolutely a waste of money, time and energy to use it for day-to-day surf fishing, though (I use a Lami 11-footer for that and favaored my St. Croix 7.5-foot conventional a few weeks ago for a while when the fish were in the surf down here--you only needed about a 6-foot cast to ge into them.) My 2 cents is go with the 10- and 11-foot suggestions.