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Scott Maybury:
I am interested to read the report/feedback, I have a 78XH and to be honest I think it is just too much rod for me, and likely to be too much rod for me even if I increase the strength training...I just don't have the frame to be a big guy....fought a fish maybe 38kg on this in Fiji and it was quite unforgiving, though a great rod to cast and work big poppers with

I like using big poppers so am interested in the idea of a similar rod but a bit more forgiving

Andre van Wyk:
Scott

Good to hear your thoughts on the 78XH.... I was convinced it was to be the rod for me, for big chuggers, but Dave Foyle added a little insight with regards to the 79H being more forgiving, and able to still handle the brutal pressure of big fish....

So I'm still in two minds about which rod to keep, and which to let go when they arrive.... I'm a fairly tall guy I guess at 6'1" or so, and relatively inshape ( not as in shape as I'd like ) and as I'm likely to be doing as much tuna fishing as GT fishing, perhaps a more forgiving stick is something I should consider...

I'm looking forward to having both in hand side by side and making the comparison myself before making a final choice...

Greg Burt:
Go on Neps, keep both  ;D

Scott Maybury:
Yeah Andre I am 5'10" and weigh about 65kg....I am pretty fit, but I just don't have the muscle mass to use the 78XH anywhere near its full potential....its a really nice rod but I think I was just mad thinking I could handle it properly! When I hooked that decent fish my first thought was 'Cool' and my second thought was 'shit' and my third thought, much later, was 'ouch'

Launches the heavy poppers though  ;D

Andre van Wyk:
Bun - Oh how I wish I could keep both mate!!! That would mean purchasing ANOTHER 18K SW too...  :o ;D

Maybs - Good to hear first hand feedback mate... I've got about 2o or 25 kilos on you, but unfortunately probably not anywhere near as fit these days.... I like the thought of a beast brutal rod ( must be the macho South African in me.... ) but am aware that the reality is that I will do more injury than enjoyment to myself with the 78XH....

But I'll make that choice when in hand I reckon.... The 78XH will be easy for me to sell off here, as all South Africans believe bigger and stronger is better, that macho thing showing up again... and certainly in some of the waters in Mozambique, Seychelles, and Tanzania, a rod with the kind of muscle a 78XH has is a good thing to have....

We'll see how it goes, thanks for your feedback mate, real world testing and feed back from anglers like yourself really mean alot in helping out someone who doesn't get to fish nearly as often as he'd like!

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