Sounds like a no nonsense high performance fishing tool. I like nonsense in my rods so I'll pass but I see the appeal.
I like a longer rear grip, paint, winding checks, anodized aluminum, inlays, thread work, glitter, stylised text or graphics. You know, uttter nonsense for a fishing tool. I also like the minimal but sleek and stealthly look of a Posion Adrena. This rod, while it looks to be an extraordinary high performance fishing tool at an amazing price, looks like it was made from mud hole parts. This is purely as asethetic critique so it can be ignored but I hate the look of those carbon grips. It's not a Gary Loomis fault. Every rod I see those on looks lke someone glued a black dish rag to the handles. To make things even more confusing I love the idea of carbon fiber grips and have criticized rods like the Steez "Racing Design" for having tree bark grips instead of racing like carbon grips.
Are all the guides on this rod Recoils, or just the running guides?
If the stripper guide is a Recoil, did you try casting with a leader knot of, say, 30 lb. (or heavier) braid and 15 lb. (or heavier) leader of nylon mono or fluorocarbon? (I have some concern about whether leader knots would pass smoothly through Recoils before the line's travel gets throttled down.)
Are all the guides on this rod Recoils, or just the running guides?
If the stripper guide is a Recoil, did you try casting with a leader knot of, say, 30 lb. (or heavier) braid and 15 lb. (or heavier) leader of nylon mono or fluorocarbon? (I have some concern about whether leader knots would pass smoothly through Recoils before the line's travel gets throttled down.)
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Curious which casting models will sport the full length grip as mentioned in the article.
I'm trying to find out this as well and talking to the team about the final configurations for all the rods. I'm also a fan of the solid grip if the balance is right and that swimbait stick has me very intrigued. The rod we have in the lab is so incredibly light and balanced and I'm excited to fish it more, hopefully after ICAST concludes.
Are all the guides on this rod Recoils, or just the running guides?
If the stripper guide is a Recoil, did you try casting with a leader knot of, say, 30 lb. (or heavier) braid and 15 lb. (or heavier) leader of nylon mono or fluorocarbon? (I have some concern about whether leader knots would pass smoothly through Recoils before the line's travel gets throttled down.)
Curious which casting models will sport the full length grip as mentioned in the article.
I'm trying to find out this as well and talking to the team about the final configurations for all the rods. I'm also a fan of the solid grip if the balance is right and that swimbait stick has me very intrigued. The rod we have in the lab is so incredibly light and balanced and I'm excited to fish it more, hopefully after ICAST concludes.
Are all the guides on this rod Recoils, or just the running guides?
If the stripper guide is a Recoil, did you try casting with a leader knot of, say, 30 lb. (or heavier) braid and 15 lb. (or heavier) leader of nylon mono or fluorocarbon? (I have some concern about whether leader knots would pass smoothly through Recoils before the line's travel gets throttled down.)
Hi Bronzeye,
All the guides are recoils throughout. Have only fished it thus far with straight mono or fluorocarbon as mainline. This particular rod isn't very heavy powered so I haven't run my reels that are setup for fishing bigger baits where I would normally run a braid/leader combo but I'll definitely try it and include the results in the review.