Travel rod recommendations

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adam lancia
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Re: Travel rod recommendations

Post by adam lancia » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:50 am

Jaqa wrote:
Thu Sep 10, 2020 12:58 pm
I have the following travel rods

Abu Garcia Hornet Stinger Plus 694 BFS- delicate tip but surprisingly strong. I have landed carp to 10pd among weeds on it no problem
Is that the ML...? I'm looking at the 692ML BF and was wondering if the lower weight rating was accurate.

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Re: Travel rod recommendations

Post by Jaqa » Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:02 pm

adam lancia wrote:
Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:50 am
Jaqa wrote:
Thu Sep 10, 2020 12:58 pm
I have the following travel rods

Abu Garcia Hornet Stinger Plus 694 BFS- delicate tip but surprisingly strong. I have landed carp to 10pd among weeds on it no problem
Is that the ML...? I'm looking at the 692ML BF and was wondering if the lower weight rating was accurate.
I have gone down to 1/8 and it was fine with good distance but that was with a stock Alphas CT with braid and copoly leader.

adam lancia
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Re: Travel rod recommendations

Post by adam lancia » Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:32 am

Jaqa wrote:
Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:02 pm
adam lancia wrote:
Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:50 am
Jaqa wrote:
Thu Sep 10, 2020 12:58 pm
I have the following travel rods

Abu Garcia Hornet Stinger Plus 694 BFS- delicate tip but surprisingly strong. I have landed carp to 10pd among weeds on it no problem
Is that the ML...? I'm looking at the 692ML BF and was wondering if the lower weight rating was accurate.
I have gone down to 1/8 and it was fine with good distance but that was with a stock Alphas CT with braid and copoly leader.
Oh, nice! I'm going to use either an SV Light or an Alphas CT on it. That's exactly how I have my Alphas CT setup, except with a fluoro leader.

I'd love it if I could toss a light Neko rig with it, that would save me trying to find a suitable spinning travel rod. Thanks!

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Re: Travel rod recommendations

Post by Jaqa » Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:11 pm

adam lancia wrote:
Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:32 am
Jaqa wrote:
Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:02 pm
adam lancia wrote:
Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:50 am
Jaqa wrote:
Thu Sep 10, 2020 12:58 pm
I'd love it if I could toss a light Neko rig with it, that would save me trying to find a suitable spinning travel rod. Thanks!
It would work well with a Neko rig. I use it most with a 1/16 texas rig and ZMan 4" finesse worm or TRD Hogz.

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