Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
PE5 casting rod. Blue Sniper? Temple Reef? Others?
Mark Harris:
Dan,
Like you I have a Blue Sniper 77/3. I have also used a 75/4 quite a bit and cast an 82/5 a few times but never a an 80/5. It's a realy nice range of rods.
Looking at the specs, the 80/5 has a higher carbon content than the 82/5 and the same as the 75/4. Little doubt in my mind the 80/5 would be perfect for the stick bait weights you mention but I am a little dubious about poppers at 80 grams + depending on the cup sizes. Smaller cup sizes would probably be OK. I think you would really need to see one in person and judge the tip stiffness for yourself, unless you find someone who has one.
Dan Konig:
Thanks for that Mark
What do you think of the 82/5 for my application? My concern with that rod is that with the 150gr cast weight rating and coming in at 372grams, it might be a heavier rod than what I'm chasing. I'm looking for something to fish PE5 hard but don't really want another PE6 or 6-8 style rod.
Another rod which has been suggested to me is the FCL Labo UCB 76, but I've not seen one of those in the flesh either.
Dan
Sam Morrison:
Dan,
Add the new Van Diemen series from Synit into your list of probable rods...
Dan Konig:
Thanks Sam, but I'm looking for something that I can order in the next week or so and have delivered before the second week in October, so think that rules the Van Diemens out!
Also I think they may be a pure stickbait rod (which is not really what I'm chasing) but I'm basing that only on one forum post by Synit USA.
Wayne Brown:
Dan, following some great contribution from our forum members, I just pulled the trigger on a Blue Sniper 80/5. Whilst rated a PE 5 rod (I was considering a PE6 rod) it ticked all the other boxes in terms of price, and lure weight range. If you are Sydney based and want to wait a few weeks for it to arrive, we could arrange a test session.
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