It's excellent Sam. Fast action which loads up to a progressive curve. It's extremely comfortable matched to the SW8000PG. It's only a PE4 rod, but you can really push it well in excess of it's rating.
Very good. I was jigging 300-400g jigs with it. It's only rated to 170, but it's a stiff rod which requires a bit of weight to make it fold. It's really well suited to darting jigs. I'd really like to throw the expedition/20k on it with some PE8 & see just how much it can take.
You're right, the foregrip is quite short, but Honsu & Darren explained to me that when using a gimbal belt with this rod, it's better positioned well above your waist for comfort & leverage.
Very happy for you to give it a run if we cross paths jigging.
The rod definately seems underrated for what it can deal with. Loading it up, it feels like a very strong rod. Hopefully PE8 testing wont be destructive testing though :p
danno
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nice fish mate bet that
nice fish mate
bet that pulled hard.
cheers danno
HuggyB
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ah.....
the super duper evergreen.
solid unit to give it a bend......
The Terrorist - coming to a fishing spot near you.........
Goodz
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Nice pic... it gets me
Nice pic... it gets me excited :)
SamC
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Good Shot
Nice Daz, bet that donkey tested the SW
Whats the action like on the PSPJ?
Cheers,
Sam
DazSamFishing
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It's excellent Sam. Fast
It's excellent Sam. Fast action which loads up to a progressive curve. It's extremely comfortable matched to the SW8000PG. It's only a PE4 rod, but you can really push it well in excess of it's rating.
SamC
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Nice
Whats it like jigging 300g?
Looks like a short foregrip...is that comfortable for you?
Spose everyone is different..
Cheers,
Sam
DazSamFishing
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Very good. I was jigging
Very good. I was jigging 300-400g jigs with it. It's only rated to 170, but it's a stiff rod which requires a bit of weight to make it fold. It's really well suited to darting jigs. I'd really like to throw the expedition/20k on it with some PE8 & see just how much it can take.
You're right, the foregrip is quite short, but Honsu & Darren explained to me that when using a gimbal belt with this rod, it's better positioned well above your waist for comfort & leverage.
Very happy for you to give it a run if we cross paths jigging.
SamC
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Date Joined: 30/08/06
Thanks mate!
Always interesting to see how different rods perform.
Sounds like a nice stick
Cheers,
Sam
hlokk
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The rod definately seems
The rod definately seems underrated for what it can deal with. Loading it up, it feels like a very strong rod. Hopefully PE8 testing wont be destructive testing though :p
Faulkner Family
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good pic, what weight
good pic, what weight roughly did it go , looks to be around the 20kg mark
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DazSamFishing
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Umm, not too sure on weight
Umm, not too sure on weight for this one. Caught too many!
Colin Hay
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That's a great capture on lighter gear there DazSam
Sounds like you guys had a great day out.
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