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Yamaga Blue Reef

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Sheldon Chee:
.... yes, if only Yamaga would be much kinder on the paper.... I mean both 7/10 PE8 (max180gm) or 10 (max200gm) ? Gotta get Richard out with both sticks to see what is the real fuss with that 20gm difference... decisions decision......  :o

Kasey Leong:
Sheldon,

Usually the difference between PE8 and PE10 rated rods will be more in terms of power, i.e. lifting strength once loaded through to the butt, rather than max casting weights.

The downside to always having more power is that the more pressure you can exert on the fish, the more pressure the rod exerts back on the angler him/herself.

Sheldon Chee:
Kasey,
I do understand abt the hurt on the PE scale but I'm looking for an all-day go-to rod and when it comes to stickbaits the nature of the rod place a bigger part in the process.
PE 10 I assume would be much stiffer but when the diff in it's max lure is only 20gm; I'm curious where the stiffness goes to. Working stickbaits with the KD all-day is not really that enjoyable  :-\

Lenny Lim:
Damm ! I just bought the Atlas PE8.

 :o

Sheldon Chee:
Lenny,

The Atlas is a nice all-day chugging rod IMO. I like it for those 100-125gm pops, 150gm would be pushing it a little but the 76/8 is a sweet rod.

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