I'm surprised you found the SSU slightly heavy. To me it's super light AND powerful.
I think most of the issues were with the 11 ft blank, but I would be hesitant too if I hadn't abused mine for the last 5 years and know how tough it is. Love this this rod. I was running through the canal woods chasing fish the first day of Nov. I tripped and fell right on the thing. Thought for sure I was going to snap it on the next 20lb fish. But no, continued to bail fish the whole tide...
But the 1M is proven so i totally get that...
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