Fish Beware!!!

[numbskull]

I, for one, am interested in how the 1084 fishes c/w your 108 L. I, too, own the latter rod and love it. I looked seriously at the 1084 this past weekend but, with great difficulty, decided to wait. I also considered the 1083 as a needlefish/bomber rod (for which I feel the 108L is a bit slow). Does anyone have any experience with a 1083 wrapped conventional?

[Sea Dangles]

I have the 108 3 in spinning and its great for bombers,sluggos and yozuris.This little pup will lick any size fish on the sand.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

I have the 108 3 in spinning and its great for bombers,sluggos and yozuris.This little pup will lick any size fish on the sand.

Sand is the key word there.

you can not compare the 1084 to a gsb blank.. Chances are if you love your gsb, your going to either really really love your 1084 or be really really disapointed. The action is toatlly different.
I snapped 3 1084's in one season a few years ago on fish.. I fish very rocky places and for the type of fishing i do, the rod could not handle it, as there is almost zero flex from the butt of the rod to the 3rd guide. Every rod snapped one foot from teh tip.


I'll take an allstar 1088 over the 1084, but thats just me

[JohnR]

I seem to recall a few years ago the 1083 having the blank snapitis a few rods get from time to time.

The 1088 AllStar is just a fantastic blank

[Skitterpop]

I picked up a 9 ft Allstar one piece spinner from MikeCC as they were going going gone.....soon as I hefted it I knew it would be one of my favorites if not my favorite rod.

Love it

[BigFish]

Yeah Eben the action is high on the rod you are correct. I have a 1083 spinning rod and it is also fantastic. The 108 1L is definitely not a needlefish rod but it would work great for bombers. I throw mostly pencils, storm shad, small tins and small swimmers with it.

[BigFish]

Eben...were those 1084's you snapped spinning or conventional?

[Karl F]

Never owned one, but, I know two guys who had snapping issues with them, a few inches down from the tip. John, I never heard that on the 1083's, just the 4's.
I'll "stick" with the 1088 and 1087 Batson's

[BigFish]

Were they high sticking the rod?

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Eben...were those 1084's you snapped spinning or conventional?

spinning.

have you ever played with a gsb 1201-L ????

[Sea Dangles]

Some builders won't touch the 1084 due to the snappage history.I fondled the allstar 1088 and found it similar to my rogue but not as fast or as equipped to handle big wood.108 3 has no business being around rocks,but you could toss it for days on the sand.I don't think it matters if it's spinning or conv. when asking for rod opinions,a blank is a blank.Lotsa nice sticks out there but you can't have em all.