Well that's a pretty emphatic NO I guess!!!! Still surprised by the Penn Torque over the Saltiga!!!!
Robin, thanks for that feedback. I too use a couple of Berkley rods for other fish, and am happy with them. I can see the gist is that people support buying a premium reel, and play with different sticks accordingly.
I've never held a 'premium' GT rod before (only up to an Xzoga 7710), and I thought that was nice. Can only imagine the top end stuff.....
As I found out with bream tackle, you don't know just how good the higher end stuff is until you use it yourself.
We'll see if my reels can handle some Bluefin Tuna (hopefully big ones), before I head to QLD.
Cheers,
Pat