I like these jigs and sometimes they go on special and I have to buy one.

 

I have been fishing out there with an old roller tip rod and an old okuma 50w so time for an upgrade from all that weight!

 

It's a pain to thumb the braid on a 50w and the rod is pretty much a broom stick.

 

The thing I do like is 3.1 on the reel seems pretty good.

 

Anyway I am going lighter and thinking about some kind of heavy action jig rod so if I want to have a jig I can without taking my good rods out there at all.

 

Need something with tons of lift for the 1kg sinkers on the ledger/puka rig though which it will mostly do.

 

I only jig if I see good sign in 260 or less and as you say not for long cause it hurts.

 

I have an Okuma 50 level wind and was thinking about chucking that on one of reeldeals seeker hurcules 6' rods just for grins.

 

The okuma still has lugs for harness which I like out there sometimes.

 

You ever put a big sinker on a heavy action jig rod?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I use my oj500p which holds 600m #80lb on a 300g synit.  Use  500-1kg weights most of the time.   Vince has been loving his new Maxel 08 or 10 (cant remember) and he loves the jigging rods too...imo its the only way to go if your going manual, jigging rod takes all the back hurt out of it.  He has the electric gears as you know but sticks to his manual winds...guess we just aint pussys up here.   OJ's 4.1 is perfect, the maxel seems pretty good too.