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Old 10-27-2011, 11:15 AM   #1
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The sweet spot seems to be 2 oz to 2 1/2 oz. It handles a 4 oz peice of metal fine.I got a best of approx 150 yrds with 40lb braid with the metal and beyond 80 to over 100 yrds regularly with plugs that had tied tail hooks and those without. During my vineyard trip of a month and 10 days in Rhody it became my go to rod replacing my Arras both the 1322 and 1321.With long hrs casting plugs and eels at times i found the rod to be both comfortable and had a wide range of uses.
Good to see someone with a lot of experience, posting what are clearly real-world casting distances.

Too many times, guys claim absurd distances with 3 oz Polaris plugs and other stuff that you know can't go that far unless there's a hurricane behind the guy.

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Old 10-27-2011, 06:18 PM   #2
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Good to see someone with a lot of experience, posting what are clearly real-world casting distances.

Too many times, guys claim absurd distances with 3 oz Polaris plugs and other stuff that you know can't go that far unless there's a hurricane behind the guy.
So true. I was getting a complex about my casting distance vs what is too often posted online..... But I can lob a live mack with the best of them...

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Old 10-28-2011, 04:09 AM   #3
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So true. I was getting a complex about my casting distance vs what is too often posted online..... But I can lob a live mack with the best of them...
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Old 10-27-2011, 07:28 PM   #4
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Good to see someone with a lot of experience, posting what are clearly real-world casting distances.

Too many times, guys claim absurd distances with 3 oz Polaris plugs and other stuff that you know can't go that far unless there's a hurricane behind the guy.
This is so very true.......Guy on another forum just wrote he could hit 200 yards all day with a 3 oz pencil using his ron arra rod......All I stated to the guy was go cast at a football field sometime.........

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Old 10-27-2011, 09:48 PM   #5
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A couple quick questions :
Are they all 2 piece ?
and who sells them in the Boston area(North Shore)
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Old 10-28-2011, 04:11 AM   #6
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This is so very true.......Guy on another forum just wrote he could hit 200 yards all day with a 3 oz pencil using his ron arra rod......All I stated to the guy was go cast at a football field sometime.........

this is true..at night I must cast at least 250 yards...of course I cant see where my plugs land
strange thing is once dawn arrives my casting falls apart and I barely get 70 yards...weird

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