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Originally Posted by TTGG
Hey Mike , I just finished wrapping a XRA 126 MH for fishing the canal.
Is this one of the many Arra's you own?
If so what are you thoughts on this blank....
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I have two. Both conventionals. I tried selling one at a flea market on the Canal at the end of July--no takers. Almost all of the Canal guys now use spinning exclusively.
It's a very parabolic rod, and IMO it has less mid-shaft strength than my 10' 1205. I use the 1205 now as the only conventional that I jig with, in the few spots where I still use conventional due to the easier ability to drop line to stay in bottom contact. I'm thinking of putting my level wind Saltist on it and using it as my Sebille rod.
The probelm that I have with the 126 1MH, at least as a conventional, is that it's as "bouncy" as a glass rod, both on the cast and when a bass does a head shake. I don't like that feel when fighting a fish. I may have it re-wrapped as a spinning rod. The 1205 as a medium/fast rod is much crisper to fish with, and it can throw 5 oz as well as the 126. I never throw more than 5 oz, and rarely even throw that much. Most tides, I'm fishing 3 oz most of the tide, and only step up to 4 on the very fast moon tides.
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