I've been throwing sk 6xd's and dt16's on a gen1 orochi xx emtf and it seames to do ok. I think i want a better rod just for deep cranking. What would y'all recommend? The cheaper the better as i don't do it but a few times a year.

First impression of the 7’3mh is what a amazing rod. For right at $300 after the labor day sale its a steal. By the lure rating I was expecting a “stout” mh, rating is right on point. Have a 7.4:1 metanium mgl & id give the balance almost a perfect 10. So far I’ve only fished a 3/8 scrounger. Going...

I have a zistler 7'm helium 3 i enjoy. I hove a alphas 105sv on it and i throw ned rigs, cranks, jerkbaits, 3" swimbaits and almost anything you would typically throw on a medium spinnig rod. Its rated down to a 1/8 oz and listed as extra fast but its more fast to me. It does great with smaller treb...

I'm still a MB fan but not diehard like I once was. I still have around 2 dozen of them which is almost 2/3 of what I originally had. Out of all of the rods over the years I've only broken 3. I broke 2) Phase 3 Nautilus' and 1) X7 Destruction. Both the Nautilus broke on fish. One on a hookset on an...

They make a beautiful balanced rod but i see so many post and comments about breakage issues recently in the past year or so. Ive had 2 in the last year break on hooksets of fish that should have never broken a rod. One was a a mart flipping special and the warranty replacement braillist. I've owne...

I have 2 chronarch mgls a hg and xg and to me they're just as good as my metainum mgl hg. Now i got a bantam hg and feel all 3 are in the same league. My chronarch hg has been used for traps and spinnerbaits and is just as smooth as when i first got her Same here, my Chronarch MGL feels great... I ...

For the guys catching em on the sleeper how are y'all fishing them? Like a jig? I bought a couple that have just been sitting on the wall unopened. Maybe i should start throwing em I throw them in 20fow and will get bit on the fall quite often. If it makes it to the bottom Ill hop it at times or sl...

They make a beautiful balanced rod but i see so many post and comments about breakage issues recently in the past year or so. Ive had 2 in the last year break on hooksets of fish that should have never broken a rod. One was a a mart flipping special and the warranty replacement braillist. I've owned...

I was about to pull the triger on a diablo and glad i didn't. I've seen a lot of post about the diablo in both lines of the gen 2s breaking and the daemos. I have a diablo gen 1 i love

873c but its the only nrx i have. I've fished the 894 and its nice and made me have to have a nrx but the 873 fits me better. I have a glx 893 and i feel the nrx 873 blows it away. I alos have a conquest 903 that i like but still prefer the 873

For the guys catching em on the sleeper how are y'all fishing them? Like a jig? I bought a couple that have just been sitting on the wall unopened. Maybe i should start throwing em

Another update on SLX XT performance. Caught my first frog fish on it, maybe a pound and a half largemouth, and had to tighten down the drag while pulling the fish through a ton of slop. You really gotta lock it down on the standard SLX too... the minimum drag is actually so little that sometimes i...

I use a bantam hg and a metainium mg7

I have always been a shimano guy. I have a metainium mgl ,a chronarch mgl, 2 bantam mgls and a bunch of other shimanos. I have 2 daiwa's a alphas sv 105 i bought because i liked my brothers so much and i just acquired a steez 100sha that im really digging on my nrx 873. I shouldn't have read this th...

I had a 6'10" light expride and was crappie fishing from the bank when i got snagged on a pice of willow grass. I had a 1/16 oz bullet shaped jig head and 2" keitech tied on and when i tried to pull it free the bait came flying back and hit the rod blank it sounded like a 22 rifle when it hit and i ...