Extreme Jigging: Dogtooth Tuna, Yellowtail Kingfish (Hiramasa), Amberjack, Samson Fish > Tackle & Techniques
Custom Synit DeepShot Seriola Elite Specification build
Andrew Pennisi:
I'm looking forward to having a little play with the new gear in freo. Not long now mate.
Anesh Patel:
--- Quote from: Mark Harris on December 08, 2010, 09:25:54 PM ---The jig size ranges for each model are surprisingly large??
Eg 180 to 500 grams for the same rod. I struggle to see how a jig rod handles acceptably jigs so light they "almost not there" (180 grams) and a 500 gram lump!
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Similar to how the Japanese rods like a Carpenter 52XH One Hundred series has a jig range of 350g - 1200g OR
how a MC Works Southern Blue Akabara Special 516SS has a jig range of 200g - 500g
If you have used one of the rods above you may get a better understanding.
Anesh Patel:
--- Quote from: Andrew Pennisi on December 08, 2010, 09:52:48 PM ---I'm looking forward to having a little play with the new gear in freo. Not long now mate.
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Yeah looking forward to it to mate!!! :)
Mark Harris:
--- Quote from: Anesh Patel on December 08, 2010, 10:15:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mark Harris on December 08, 2010, 09:25:54 PM ---The jig size ranges for each model are surprisingly large??
Eg 180 to 500 grams for the same rod. I struggle to see how a jig rod handles acceptably jigs so light they "almost not there" (180 grams) and a 500 gram lump!
--- End quote ---
Similar to how the Japanese rods like a Carpenter 52XH One Hundred series has a jig range of 350g - 1200g OR
how a MC Works Southern Blue Akabara Special 516SS has a jig range of 200g - 500g
If you have used one of the rods above you may get a better understanding.
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In my experience - I own a 55XH (its 55XH not 52XH) for example - fantastic rod for 500 grams and above, very poor for working lighter jigs - it does not work like that. How can the same jig rod be sensitive enough at the tip to work a 180 gram jig and have enough stiffness at the tip to work a 500 gram jig? Manufacturers make these claims but they do not make sense nor stand up in the field IMO.
It is like trying to work an 80 gram surface stickbait and a 220 gram chugger with the same casting rod - it will not work.
Nothing against Synit by the way. I am a very happy owner of a Venom 550FT - works 400 gram to 600 gram jigs very nicely.
Anesh Patel:
No offence taken Mark, I should have explained it better.
The blanks are made on a special mandrel and the blank is rolled from a carbon mix that allows it to load from a different section of the tip to work the jig and allow the blank to recover when using heavier jigs. It also eliminates the jarring when using the lighter jig weights. This was the sole purpose when Synit started designing the Seriola.
If you own a Venom and so do i, you will love the Deepshot mate, different feel ( more parabolic but with more lift . If your in Aussie PM me and I don't mind sending you one up to have a play with as I already have a spin version without so much bling ;) Better to try it out and make your own opinion.
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