
Introduction: On our trip with Megabass of America back to their factory in Japan in 2013, we bore witness to the design process involving pro-staff and factory designers - their STW program. One of the items on the drawing board at that time was a cranking stick for the Orochi XX series of rods. Actually, there were two cranking sticks they were speaking of but one was essentially recreating an existing stick in the Orochi XX lineup, and the other was a bit more, from the ground up design. The F5-72XXG Swingfire is unique in the Megabass lineup and was designed for shallow to medium running cranks. Today, we take a look at this stick and see just how successful, or not, the efforts of Megabass's new STW program has become.
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