Century Stealth Review

[Liv2Fish]

Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler

Awesome review. I will add a little to it, but mostly just rehash the good stuff that you said.

I agree with Chris, its a damn good rod. I have been throwing it most days after work. I also agree that a VS 150 would be perfect on the rod. I think i will be using a 200 on it, i also tried it with a ZB 27 and that reel in my opinion is just too big to balance on the rod.

What do you mean by "balance the rod"? Is it physically creating a balance point at the reel seat? Or, does it have more to do with maxing out the rod and reel drag capability etc.?

[pbadad]

Originally Posted by Liv2Fish

What do you mean by "balance the rod"? Is it physically creating a balance point at the reel seat? Or, does it have more to do with maxing out the rod and reel drag capability etc.?

Balancing the entire assembly using the area at the foregrip as a fulcrum. The less tip weight hanging from the fulcrum the lighter it feels. Overcoming long rods tip weights to create a comfort starts from the reels seat location and wight of reel. I've built 11 & 12' rods using reel seats located 24" from bottom of seat & greater which coupled with a reel of size and it feels lighter than shorter rods because of the balance point. Mind you that not everyone can utilize a long butt comfortably to take full advantage of a "perfect" balance point. Remember when you threw a Lami 11363M and a penn 706. Nothing could balance that combo except muscle!!