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Greg Burt:
Thanks for all the info Luke, Brandon and Neil, after reading the specks on different rods and then hearing what experienced anglers use and favour has helped me categorise [to a point] the medium/heavy and heavy duty GT rods. My custom Calstar 700H should be here this week so I can practise casting 60-140grm poppers and stickbaits at YF and LT Tuna and maybe even a Sail, and do a bit of jigging with it to get the feel of the rod, and when the weather warms up I'll check out the local boomies and reefs. 15kg tackle would cover most fishing off Mooloolaba local waters, but using the heavier outfit with bigger poppers is like training, and who knows what might latch on [20-30kg Cobia above some local wrecks at the moment]. The heavy rod will come, what brand is another story ;D. ;)
 Cam is going to do the same as Nathan, terrorise the local Kingies [big NZ ones] with his new KD, that's what I call full training, that is once his leg comes right from snowboarding ::).

Brandon Khoo:
The lightest lures I use are about 80g on the KD but don't forget that with two big trebles that the lure will be 120g. Can I make the point that casting a 200g lure is a real challenge even with a KD. I know they claim 300g but bloody hell, casting a 300g lure would break anyone!


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Neil Griffiths:

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One of the most attractive things about quality jap popping rods like KD is their versatility re casting weights. Like Brandon says 80g unrigged lures cast superbly (like Baby Runboh) but they will cast lower weights efficiently as well.
Some anglers use 50lb braid on a another spool and cast tuna and small Gt lures down to 50g quite successfully.

Greg Burt:
Nathan, a bit of info on that blank you were inquiring about.

 Hastings United Series Blue Water URS80XXH 
 ( Hastings Rod Manufacturing - Graphite-U.S.A. )
 "Dual Helix" ply construction combining glass scrim and multi modulus graphite. All blanks will be in translucent gloss graphite. The translucent color scheme allows you can see through the color coat into the depths of the blank itself. 1 pce. 8'0" long. Line rating  24+Kg. Lure wgt (oz) 1-10. MOD-FAST action. Tip diam 3.6mm. Butt diam 19.8mm. Blank wgt 221gms.
 

Hon-Su Chin:
HI guys
I own a Smith Kerama and used it shore popping for G's. It sure was hard work casting with PE 8. Its quite a parabolic rod for PE10. Its realistically a PE 5-8 rod. I'm now running PE5 on my stella 8k for it. It cast better now. You can probably even jig with this rod.

I suggest look for a longer rod with maybe a faster action so you can have the lighter tip for casting lighter poppers. Another brand to consider is the HOTs Gipang range. Faster action and pretty good prices as well. I now have the Shimano's new Pencil Instrument and Long Cast popping rods and the LC rod can cast anything from 80gm up to about 170gm.... The Kerama struggles with 150gm.

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