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Shimano Fire Blood Spinning Rods

Submitted by max199 on Thu, 2007-12-13 19:59

 G'Day All, I own a tica graphite rod(graphite extreme) and I'm looking to update. I like playing fish as does everyone and have found these awsome rods from Shimano. They are called Fire Blood range of spinning rods. I went tonight and handled one , hell it was insane looking and felt great. As the price is around the $500 mark I'm wondering if anyone owns one and are they worth every cent?? The lad there loaded one up for me whilst I was hanging on the other end and they have some balls too!

‹ Anyone picked up a bargain on Ebay I WANT ONE BUT WHICH ONE?????? HELP! ›

Simon C

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Go for it

Fri, 2007-12-14 06:27

I have not tried them but they are in the same league as the new Cielo I bought the other day, probably better. As Perth gets more flogged fishing is more about fun then winching up a feed and the new super sensitive but really strong rods just make fishing with lighter gear a pleasure. If I was going to spend that much(which I would happily) I would try and get hold of a Loomis Mossy. Campbells are meant to have some coming in around XMAS - these are the stuff. The other one is the new Daiwa Branzino rods but I have not been able to get them locally, only seen them on Ebay. I reckon one really nice outfit that you love using is priceless. As you would have read in My lano report you can knock over some serious fish with the new "light" gear. I could feel that queen snapper slurp down that Raba jig in 40m through the rod, something that cheaper gear just does not achieve.

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gday max working in the

Sat, 2007-12-15 08:12

gday max working in the industry i see many rods come through and whilst the fire blood is an awesum rod i found the team diawa zero to be a much tougher better rod for half the price . i now have 3 zeros and love em all.
cheers brenz
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max199

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Cheers fellas

Sat, 2007-12-15 10:50

I'll prob go check Campbells then make a decision. I have a reel, Shimano Aspire with 6lb PE team Diawa braid on which is the best I've used yet so I have to match it up with that...........Feel the force.........