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PE4/5 casting rod - looking for recommendations

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Scott Cushman:
Yeah, but have a cast if you get the chance, its a good rod for the $$$$. The tenryu is very light, I doubt it will handle PE8 but I guess I'll just have to try it first before saying it.....

Peter Childs:

--- Quote from: Scott Cushman on February 07, 2011, 07:16:41 PM ---I've used the OTI tuna sniper, 8'6 40-60lb rod. It is a casting machine and is stronger than it looks/feels. I just sold mine as I wanted  a lighter rod. The OTI is 460grams, I bought  a Tenryu Spike Tuna 8' (pe 4-8), apprx 330grams. Sorry havent fished it yet but the weight difference is noticeable....

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Mark, I also fish a Temple Reef Black Devil 100, which I would class in the similar casting weights.  At 8'8" it casts a country mile with very little effort at all, but like the OTI it is a heavier rod, and can be a bit of a handful working surface stickbaits.  I find the longer rods (over say 8') really start to be counter productive in the PE4 - 5 range (if casting distance is not your number one priority), you end up carting around a lot of rod in order to get enough stiffness in the longer length.  For comparison, I think the 80 TN weighs in at 390 - 395 grams (about the same as a CV) and the STK 76 under 300 grams! - that makes a lot of difference when twitching surface stickbaits for long hours.

Mark Harris:
Very good points Peter and all taken on board. As always it will be a compromise :). What in our game isn't? :).

Jon Li:
Hi Mark ,

Just got the measurements of the handles of BC78HS n BC75MHS ,

BC78HS    : Butt grip total : 425mm n Foregrip total : 245mm .
BC75MHS  : Butt grip total : 395mm n Foregrip total : 185mm .

The blanks for both rods and the realseats are of the length / size / type .

Jon . 

Mick Cunningham:
hey mark .

hmmm maybe you should look into carpenter blue chase rod - BLC83/16
which you wanted to handle PE4-5 and can handle 40-100g lure .
and it weight at 325g . only 5' longer than what your,re after ??
BLC83/16    : Butt grip total : 425mm n Foregrip total : 185mm

hope this help,s

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