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Popper rod recommendations

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Barry Kurten:
Hi Doug,

Perhaps give the Saltywater tackle Racepoint 250 a look. Its a 7ft5 stick that was designed for Bluefin tuna , it has a ton of backbone and casts like a dream, and for me most importantly, it is a very light rod. It is also very well priced for what you are getting and better value for money for that kind of quality i dont think you will find. I am currently using this stick as my dedicated popping outfit and have been doing so for almost 2 years now.

I tend to think the shorter the rod the better it is for popping and the less it hurts you ! But thats just me  :)

This all being said ... I am awaiting my Carpenter 8ft MH  :P .. But thats going to be for stickbait use only.  :P

Check out Gara Pro shop, i think Luke has them in stock and he is based in Sydney.

Tight lines and all the best

Dmitrii Novgorodtcev:
Doug,

By my opinion, MH80H is not a dedicated popping rod, which you required from the very beginning. Though it is an excellent rod, and sometimes it can even have adventages for poppers over popping rod (waves). I think that whatever maker we take into consideration, specialized popping rod will be worse caster than all rounder as well as long casters will be harder (i mean not so good) for poppers than shorter rods. So, you may have to reconsider your requirements or accept a compromise.

Dmitrii Novgorodtcev:
By the way, take into consideration Ripple Fisher Final Spirit GT79H. It is a popping rod, PE10 - ok, light, powerful, and I think it is a very good caster for its lengh. I used it side by side to MH80H and the casting distance was not so considerably different under the following conditions - PE10, 200Lb shock leader, poppers in 150g-170g range with ST76 5/0 and 4/0 trebles, Decoy heavy split rings #10 and #11.

Mark Harris:
Dmitri is certainly right - there are always compromises unless you buy a lot of rods.  That's why so many of us end up with a dozen or more popping rods, all with slightly different attributes!

If you are making casting difference comparisons, you need to make those with rods of a similar length.  Hence my comment that even taking its shorter length into account, I still thought the Faube 77M+ to be a poor caster, a bit like a Komodo Dragon.  Both nice rods, but neither cast particularly well.

Ripple Fisher FS GT79H is a good chugger rod as well and it does cast very nicely for its length. Little to choose between MH79XH and this rod on the casting front I would say.  The GT79H is also about 20 grams lighter than the Carpenter rod and probably about $100 less.  It has a noticeably much lighter maximum lure weight though which, together with the overall lower weight of the rod, implies less carbon wraps to me.  Some pros and some cons there I think.  I seriously doubt you would be dissatisfied with either - top notch rods.

Ben Furness:
I used my MH79XH for popping 190g GT3's. It was hard work and I was using a gimbal to pop but the rod held up fine. I wouldn't use anything heavier on it. They cast like a rocket though!

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