Sorry to have hijacked the original post.
My impressions of the GT78XH is if you have bent up Patriot Design Black Mafia's, Carpenter SP78UHL's and STILL feel that you are not working the largest of the poppers in your collection efficiently, then have a good look at the GT78HX.......it will work the biggest production poppers around BUT it WILL not feel good on the angler after a protracted fight on heavy drag.
It needs heavy drag just to bend it!
DO you have access to bending the rods or casting the rods at all??
That would be mandatory I feel, just to get an idea of what kind of a mega stick it is, that's all.
Aaron.