Seanstone
Catfish Freak
Multi-Specie Catch and Release Angler
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Post by Seanstone on Feb 1, 2012 23:05:50 GMT -5
Just incredible. They need to make a cat rod. ;D
10.2kg ~ 22lbs
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Post by Smoothkip on Feb 2, 2012 0:46:08 GMT -5
That looks like something the use on the river Ebro in Spain. That's pretty cool. I imagine that's a European company? They make there rods much different than here in the states.
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Post by bobbybobber on Feb 2, 2012 4:51:16 GMT -5
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Post by Skyline1506 on Feb 2, 2012 8:27:52 GMT -5
your probably right kip i assume the de at the end of the web address means denmark
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Post by Chuck on Feb 4, 2012 1:54:30 GMT -5
That rod bends an lot for only having 22 lbs of weight hanging from it. Doesn't look like it would have very much power. I have a few rods that will take 47 lbs. of drag. That's the most I was ever willing to pull.
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Post by Chuck on Feb 4, 2012 2:13:22 GMT -5
Here's one of them. Attachments:
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Post by bobbybobber on Feb 4, 2012 7:14:04 GMT -5
my thing with rods is if i go to stiff then i dont catch as many fish,i had 2 diawa beef stick and in a year of using them only caught one fish
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Post by Chuck on Feb 4, 2012 7:26:59 GMT -5
Those Heavy action solid fiberglass Beefstick's are pretty much pool cues. I think I found my ultimate blank recently. It's a 6' 6" XH Super Seeker. Has a really light tip section. It's shuts down pretty quick though, and has massive amounts of backbone. My rods are meant for one thing, and one thing only...Pulling monster flatheads out of cover. They would be a poor choice for anything else.
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Post by joeyfri13 on Feb 20, 2012 7:02:36 GMT -5
your probably right kip i assume the de at the end of the web address means denmark DE is Germany. They call it Deutschland over there not Germany. |
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Post by rcbbracing on Feb 20, 2012 14:44:38 GMT -5
These rods used for Wells catfish or what?
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Post by bigcatpat on Feb 20, 2012 23:33:18 GMT -5
Those Heavy action solid fiberglass Beefstick's are pretty much pool cues. I think I found my ultimate blank recently. It's a 6' 6" XH Super Seeker. Has a really light tip section. It's shuts down pretty quick though, and has massive amounts of backbone. My rods are meant for one thing, and one thing only...Pulling monster flatheads out of cover. They would be a poor choice for anything else. I got a custom built on a Seeker 8' Jig and heavy live bait blank.It's the ticket for draggin em out of heavy cover.  |
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Post by Blackhorse on Feb 22, 2012 0:30:43 GMT -5
I know this may be hard to believe but we have been testing these blanks for over a year, 22#'s ain't much to test blanks with. Attachments:
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Post by Smoothkip on Feb 22, 2012 1:03:59 GMT -5
Christ! I imagine that could land any fish swimming as long as it didnt pull you out of the boat! LOL!
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Post by Ramrod on Feb 22, 2012 1:46:23 GMT -5
I know this may be hard to believe but we have been testing these blanks for over a year, 22#'s ain't much to test blanks with. May I ask why the eyes of the rod is what's holding the weight while the reel is on the opposite side of the eyes? |
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Seanstone
Catfish Freak
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Post by Seanstone on Feb 22, 2012 1:53:34 GMT -5
You ever tried to actually hold a rod up at 22lbs. I mean sitting your rod on a rail of a boat is one thing, but when shore fishing or fighting a fish standing its real hard. I have experimented with a digital scale and tried to see how much I could get the scale to read using a rod and reel. I attached the scale to a solid surface, tied a line to it, walked about 25 feet away and started giving it my all.....at approximately 45 degree angle. (I'm not the smallest guy in the world either) I did this because I thought that the abu garcia 7000 drags were too weak to handle big fish. Turns out that 20lbs of pressure is really hard to achieve, add a five or ten minute battle and your done. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that to see a rod hold that much weight is just crazy, most likely it will never be put under that much stress. Better safe then sorry though.
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