Century or CTS ??

[lazzyone]

I like the CTS s8 series. The butt of the rod is stiff and has very good power with a fast action tip. The rating for the rod I fish is 2 to 4oz but I can comfortably throw 1.5 to 5oz, that's a pretty wide rage to throw. The rod has serious fish fighting power. I don't have any experience fishing the century line but from handling and casting them they have a much slower action than the s8's and don't have the power the CTS has. If you like the action of say the lami line you may like century because it has a similar action without the weight and they are not nearly as whippy as lami.

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by lazzyone

If you like the action of say the lami line you may like century because it has a similar action without the weight

Urban myth.

I can't speak for every Century blank, but the 10' Stealth weighs the same as a GSB1201L (I don't know what the advertised weights are but checked both rods when built the same and they were very close). It is thinner, has less air resistance, and its weight is more in the butt so it feels tip lighter (all good), but it does not actually weigh significantly less. I think the CTS blanks might be lighter, but also supposedly more fragile.

GSB blanks are pretty light rods, particularly when their strength is figured in. The XRA and SSU models are usually heavier. The reality is that most guys are used to their old Lamis built with big heavy guides and think it is the blank that is a dog, when it really is the way it was wrapped. Took me a lot of tearing down, rewrapping, and expensive guides to figure this out. But I am happy I did.