jwill wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 1:36 pm
Chode wrote: ↑Sun Dec 19, 2021 8:56 pm
the 7'2H, what's the upper and lower range? what's the best technique for this rod? what do you all use it for? thx
It is a very interesting rod. I bought one when they first came out hoping to use it as a light pitching stick. I was immediately disappointed because it's not near powerful enough for me. I kept the rod because it was light and crisp and felt amazing, but it just sat in the corner for about a year. What I realized when I started using the rod is that is amazingly versatile. It has a very light tip and a more progressive action. It feels more like a mh but it throws heavier baits better than any other mh I have fished. It really excels as a moving bait rod for me. I like it for swim jigs, 4-5" swimbaits, buzzbaits and spinnerbaits. It also does great with bigger topwaters like a whopper plopper and buzzjet. It's also good for lipless baits in heavy grass. It's a good weightless senko rod and it would work for finesse jigs. Super versatile. Kind of reminds me of some megabass rods in their versatility. I would say it's very happy from 1/2oz to just over an ounce.
Looking into the 73MH and 72H and quoting to say thanks for the input and to bump the thread. Thinking about getting one of these and the new Zillion HD.
I have a Zodias gen 1 72M that is super versatile and I want that rod but a step up in power. The 72M fishes like a M+ and is my 5" senko, 3/8 dark sleeper, 3/8 squarebill, 3/8-1/2 lipless, 1/4-3/8 oz spinnerbait/chatterbait and 3/16-5/16 finesse jig rod. Once I go 3/8 oz jigs, 1/2 oz spinnerbaits, 5/8 oz lipless and 3/8 oz chatterbaits it's out of gas. Its useable but not ideal.
I have 3 MHs. An EMTF gen 1 that is too long and heavy (weight) for a target casting bottom contact rod and is used as more of an off shore structure fishing bottom contact rod. Its basically my dark sleeper and big worm rod. I have a Valkaryie MH and that is going to be my moving bait MH rod. The 3rd rod is a Lews Walmart stick that is my jig and frog kayak stick. It's a stiff tipped MH that fishes like a MH+ but still taps out at 7/8 oz casting and is out of gas bigtime.
With the recent addition of the MH Valkaryie I'm worried that while I would like the 73MH I would have too much overlap. I only want overlap like that if one is way way cheaper and can be a kayak beater stick like the $200ish Zodias. This has be looking at the H which sort of sounds like a MH+?