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Jaime Chee:
Hi Rudy im in the same boat as u looking for a similar rod with around about the same specs lets us know what u decide on

cheers

Antonino Augugliaro:
It's difficolt for me to find a heavy stick bait rod. My target is not only GT on stick, but also big BFT in mediterranean sea (for middle size tuna I will use my tenryu spike tuna), so I need a rod sensitive on the top and with a lot of power on back. Now I'm looking for Carpenter TBC 83/40 and I'm checking some CTS off-set blanck. I was looking for smith WRC 80p/35, but for me is not a specialize stick bait rod (IMHO, is better for popper).
If you have some suggestion you're welcome  :)

Brandon Khoo:
Antonino, a few questions:

what weight line do you fish for the Bluefin with?
What weight stickbaits do you use?
What length of casting distance do you need to reach the fish - do you need very long casting?

Antonino Augugliaro:
Hi Brandon,
I wat to prepare 2 set up for tuna.

First one is for small-middle size tuna (up to 30 kg, occasionally more), Teryu SK862H-80, stella 10000SW loaded with PE5-6, fluoro leader 90 lbs. For this set up I'll try also a CTS 7'6''(fast action ad CW around 120 gr) prepared by a friend of mine, really a nice rod, but without the same casting capability (I was thinking to use it whit small meta jig and jig head+soft plastic)

Second is for middle-big size tuna (up to ?), stella 18000 SW whit 20000 spool, loaded with PE6-8, fluoro or nylon leader 150 lb.

Dimension of lure is in depending to bait fish we'll find, often small bait fish (sardine).

I'm not a very good caster, but whit the first set up I'm able to go on target (I could tell you 60-70 m, but I never measured it) whit lures aroud 70 gr.

I'd like to find the correct rod for the second set up...this is my problem: a havier rod that allows me to throw the same bait at the same distance, if fishing condition require small bait, and to fish with bigger stickbait when necessary (160 gr or more, 'cause I intend to use this rod as stick bait rod for my future GT fishing trip).

I understand that a fishing rod is not a magic stick and should be difficoult or impossible to find exactly what I need, for this reason I'm looking for the right compromise between heavy power  and casting  capability.
I'm new on heavy spinning, the market is full of brand and model for tuna casting rod and I'm in difficulty for this choice.

I just done some experiece whit GT, but I have no experience with tuna fishing (small skipjack a some casting on YFT feeding are not experience)... my desire is to fish tuna in italian water for this season... not easy but possible...

Mark Harris:
Antonio - the single best PE6-8 stickbait rod I have ever used is a Carpenter Coral Viper 79/40.  Huge amount of power down low but a lovely sensitive tip for working stickbaits 100 grams upwards to 160 grams and beyond. And it casts like a dream.  Probably not an obvious tuna rod but I can see it working well.   And it is of course a very highly regarded GT rod. Seems to fit your bill very well.

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