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Antonino Augugliaro:
Hi Mark,
I hope to find a chance to check this rod, but shall be difficult 'cause no friends of mine fished with it. it look to have the quality I'm looking for, from the description you made ...
Now I'm going to find something about in the forum's topics  :D

Brandon Khoo:
I don't really have much experience at all on tuna but it reads to me like you want a rods that will fish PE6-8, will cast a very long way and can cast a relatively light stickbait up to a reasonably heavy one. You'd also like to be able to use the rod for GTs. I don't have a feel for the size of tuna you want to chase. I don't know if it is 50kgs or you're looking at monster 100kg+ fish.

If you're looking at fish short of monster size, there are quite a number of rods you could consider. The Carpenter BLC83/40 can cast the range of weights you're looking at and will also give you distance. The Carpenter Endless Endless Passion EP85/36 would also be suitable. Ripple Fisher have the Ultimo 83MH which would also be excellent. Zenaq have the FC83-7 which would also be suitable. I make the point these are all GT rods but you did indicate you wanted a rod that you could use for GT fishing.

If you want to move up a bit in weight to target bigger fish, you may need to think about a heavier rod like a PE10 stickbait rod. Such a rod will still fish PE8 very comfortably but will give you more lifting power whilst still having the ability to cast relatively light weights. I'd suggest you look at a Ripple Ultimo 82H.

Antonino Augugliaro:
Thank you to everybody for precious suggestions, now It's time form me to take a decision.

Tony Busscher:
It would be worth having a look at Saltywater tackels site (blogs) Sami does a lot of tuna fishing in states ,
I note most of the gear used is pe8-10 rods with 100lbs line , worth a look .

Vasko Dimoski:

--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on March 02, 2011, 08:25:01 AM ---I don't really have much experience at all on tuna but it reads to me like you want a rods that will fish PE6-8, will cast a very long way and can cast a relatively light stickbait up to a reasonably heavy one. You'd also like to be able to use the rod for GTs. I don't have a feel for the size of tuna you want to chase. I don't know if it is 50kgs or you're looking at monster 100kg+ fish.

If you're looking at fish short of monster size, there are quite a number of rods you could consider. The Carpenter BLC83/40 can cast the range of weights you're looking at and will also give you distance. The Carpenter Endless Endless Passion EP85/36 would also be suitable. Ripple Fisher have the Ultimo 83MH which would also be excellent. Zenaq have the FC83-7 which would also be suitable. I make the point these are all GT rods but you did indicate you wanted a rod that you could use for GT fishing.

If you want to move up a bit in weight to target bigger fish, you may need to think about a heavier rod like a PE10 stickbait rod. Such a rod will still fish PE8 very comfortably but will give you more lifting power whilst still having the ability to cast relatively light weights. I'd suggest you look at a Ripple Ultimo 82H.

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Brandon i also want to target yellow fin tuna this year with stick baits (tuna upto 120lb) and already have a Ripple fisher 82lc do you think this rod will suit tuna fishing ?
Thank you

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