I own the 610 Lunakia. The largest fish I have caught with it is a 20 inch Smallie in current. It can handle fish like that in flat water. I am not familiar with the TenRyu area trout rods other than researching them. Chris knows his rods for sure. If you are looking at Ajing rods over 7 feet for the job I would suggest you take a look at the 2018 Corto....Yamaga Blanks BC TZ Nano rods......they can handle the larger fish. Just remembered the Lunakia comes in a 75 model. I’m sure that could handle bigger fish and you also get great sensitivity with that rod. The blanks on the Lunakia are really good. For shorter Ajing rods I’m going to have to think a little bit. I have an MC Truzer 65 “Hard” model that I’m sure could handle big fish but it is no longer made and not sure you could find one....a brute of an Ajing rod.Bbrotz wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:24 pmHey Alphahawk, I’ve actually been looking at Ajing rods because it seemed like they would have the right taper for drop shotting. I was recommended the Tenryu Lunakia LK6102S-MLT from Chris over at finesse-fishing.com but he said it wasn’t designed for fish that big and suggested a Tenryu area trout rod. Do you have any experience with that rod in particular? Or do you have any specific recommendations for an Ajing rod that would be able to handle fish that size?Alphahawk wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 3:56 pmI tangle with larger fish quite often on JDM UL rods....no 7 pound trout though. I have a 2017 Finezza Prototype that is not much fun catching crappie and bluegill on. It is superb rod for smallies...white bass......even large mouth. I use area trout rods to target Spotted bass in the 15-17 inch range and have a ball...but the rod is an 6' 7" model and is very good at protecting 2.3# ester mono. I have some 6 footers that it is very difficult to get them in with the very light ester line...just not enough rod length to protect the line. I have dropped shot on and off and my rod of choice for that is an ajing rod. There are many good ones in the 6.5 to over 7 foot range. To me they make an ideal drop shot rod due to the sensitivity and being a very rigid rod....yet it will bend when you hook up. For trout in the 7 pound range there are several ajing rods that could handle them. As I said there are many but try taking a look at Graphiteleader....Ever Green...Yamaga Blanks.
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