Century Stealth Review

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Century Stealth Review
Model: 1205, 2 pieces
Rated: 1 to 4oz
Reel: ZeeBaaS 27
Line: 30LB Berkley Fireline Fused Smoke
Reel Seat: Fuji DPS size 17
Reel Seat is 21.5” to center of reel stem
Guides: Fuji Double Foot K-Frames
Guide Sizes: 10, 10, 10, 10, 12, 16, 25
Guide Layout: Modified NGC
Guide Spacing from Tip: Will Update Later

I’ll start by saying I’m not affiliated or sponsored by any company mentioned in this review, Century, Fuji, ZeeBaaS or any other company listed here. This review is meant to be an honest review of the Century Stealth model # 1205.

This is the rod I built in Saltheart's class, he did for SB members.

First impression is that the rod is incredibly thin and light, I didn’t weigh the blank unfortunately. The butt section is very rigid and thick, and then tapers down to the ferrule, which is sealed at the end. Each rod tip is butt specific and built to be a tight and secure fit.

The reel on this rod is a ZeeBaaS 27 spooled with 30lb Berkley Fireline fused in smoke color. The reel is a little heavy for how light the finished rod is, but it’s what I use. Would pair up great with a ZeeBaaS 22 or VS 150, in my opinion.

The rod has a similar feel to a Lami GSB, nice parabolic action, light enough to cast all night, and lots of backbone.

As far as casting distance goes this was my first day out with the rod and using brand new braid, so I’m sure distance will improve once I get use to the slower action, the rod I’ve been using for the last few seasons is a fast action Lamiglas. I’m sure the stiff Fireline didn’t help but as the day went on and the line broke in, distance improved. Spent about 3 hours casting and testing new plugs.

I made numerous casts using several different plugs then counted the turns of the handle then multiplied it by the retrieve per crank, then divided it by 36 to get the yards per cast, then averaged them together. So the distance is pretty accurate.

For example: 95 handle turns x 39.5” of line per crank = 3752.5” /36” = 104.2 yards

I was able to throw a 1.5oz Gibbs pencil 105 yards, a loaded redfin 88 yards, a superstrike 1.75oz needle with a heavy dressed siwash 94 yards, a 3/4oz bucktail 67 yards and a 2.25oz pencil 117 yards.

The sweet spot of the rod is around the 1.5 to 2.5oz range, which is what most surf plugs I use weigh, such as ss darters, bm needles, pencils, etc. It had no issues throwing down to 1/2oz jig head with a Ron-z tail on it all the way to a 3oz BM needle. It seems to max out around 3.5oz comfortably, but I was still able to throw a monster 4oz pencil, not something I would recommend or do all day but it did throw it.

I was unable to throw any tins cause of the shallow water and rocky area I was testing in. I’m sure the distance with a Hopkins or Ava tin would be amazing, will need to hit a sand beach for that though.

I haven’t caught any fish on the rod yet so I have no input there on how well it will handle a nice fish. But I do know a few guys who used the same rod all last season and had fish up to 38 Lbs, without worry.

Think it will be a great rod and seems very versatile being able to throw 1/2oz to 3.5oz, and being light enough to throw all night without fatigue.

Please feel free ask any questions and I will do my best to answer them.

Hope this helps anyone thinking about buying or building one, I’m located in RI and anyone interested in trying it or checking it out is welcome to.