bnz
Senior Member
Just picked up two new jigging rods I had Rodsmith build for me and I have to say I couldn't be more pleased. Had one made for a spinning reel and the other rod spiral wrapped for conventional. Want to use these for local fishing when I go offshore (as you all know, mostly endangered black sea bass ) so I chose the phenix titan jigging blanks (562L) rated for 100-160 gm jigs (up to 5 oz). The blanks only weigh around 3 oz and I had him cut 3" off the butt, making them only 5'-3". They are very light and I don't think I'll have any problems jigging with them all day.
Rodsmith triple wrapped the guides for me:
Also had him sand down the EVA foregrip to put finger grips in them. This makes the rod more comfortable when fighting a fish.
Here's a pic of the spiral wrap. The second guide is offset to the right a little to help center the line on the reel. A spiral wrapped rod is nice in that if you ever hook into a big fish the spiral wrapping of the guides will stop any twist of the rod while fighting it.
These rods will be matched with my new Release SG and Penn torque 5 spinning reel. Had him put a rubber gimbal on the butts of the rods.
And finally, here is what the bend of these rods looks like. The power of these little rods is amazing. Lifted this 8 kg (17.6 lbs) off the floor with no problems and it has more to spare.
You have to remember that these rods are designed to be parabolic, which puts more pressure on the fish in a vertical up and down fight than on the fisherman. I do not recommend this type of lift test with your regular rods.
Rodsmith triple wrapped the guides for me:
Also had him sand down the EVA foregrip to put finger grips in them. This makes the rod more comfortable when fighting a fish.
Here's a pic of the spiral wrap. The second guide is offset to the right a little to help center the line on the reel. A spiral wrapped rod is nice in that if you ever hook into a big fish the spiral wrapping of the guides will stop any twist of the rod while fighting it.
These rods will be matched with my new Release SG and Penn torque 5 spinning reel. Had him put a rubber gimbal on the butts of the rods.
And finally, here is what the bend of these rods looks like. The power of these little rods is amazing. Lifted this 8 kg (17.6 lbs) off the floor with no problems and it has more to spare.
You have to remember that these rods are designed to be parabolic, which puts more pressure on the fish in a vertical up and down fight than on the fisherman. I do not recommend this type of lift test with your regular rods.