Had an hour to spare today so went down to my local park to practise my casting and see how the above line would perform .Its not cheap but i have heard good reports about it.I also wanted to trial 3 of my rods to see how well they would cast...I cannot afford a fancy stick bait rod,nor justify it, as i dont get to do this sort of fishing often enough.I used my shimano spheros 14000fb with 150 metres of pe8 and 6 metres of leader(80% flouro/20 % mono)with a short 30 mm PR Knot(wanted to see how this would go too)..Tied to a 5 oz torpedo sinker(simulate stick bait).I cast each rod with the same set up 3 times and the furthest cast was recorded.wind was from behind.
with kingies though i dont think it imperative to have a long casting rod(tuna=yes,but not many of them here
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, fish i wrote:My opinion, and please don't take offense, take all those old semi good old school sticks and sell em' and treat your self to a nice stick made for the job. |
But im still learning.
It passed through the guides with little noise.
but i got it done before the rain came in.
laidbackdood wrote:
No offence taken mate,Your entitled to your opinion..However,The composite developments rod was owned by mark kitteridge...he used a penn 850 reel on it and used to catch yellowfin tuna on it(have seen the pics) and it has sic guides on it(these are not old school guides and neither are fuji Alconites...the later are whats on the braid concepts i bought off you)
The kilwell Pink panther has caught 18,16(2),12 and 10 pound snaps plus a 48 pound king off the bricks and is very light.I have two of them and they are 17 years old and still going strong.
The kilwell jelly tip 15-24(thats 15 years old) along with the 10-15 kg are one of the most bought rods in NZ.I heard one guy on here,say he wanted to catch a marlin on one soon(15-24)
I was also told by mark off extreme charters that some of the old rods are better than some of the new...new is not always better mate.I have also been fishing here for 21 years bro...maybe,a bit longer than you
But im still learning.All of the above rods were made in New Zealand...Not china.Thats why they have lasted.Kilwell dont make crap...None of these rods cost more than 250 bucks.The cd was second hand of kitterdige mind but was expensive at the time.I wont be selling any of these rods..thats for sure(unless i leave the country!) |
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