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rod to work 60-100g sticks

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Wayne Brown:
Yes have owned the Blue Sniper 80/5 and it will work 60gm poppers and heavier if not too large a cup.  Nice rod and reasonably priced.

Trevor Skinner:
Byron,

My current favourite is the FCL Labo UCB 74 (It's actually 7ft 6)

Handles that lure size nicely and balances well with an 8000 reel and PE4. Poppers at the bottom end of the range.

Have put a couple of 20kg class GTs alongside the boat recently with it and the rod did a fine job (as distinct from the angler). 

Rather than the Race Point 150 I would suggest Sami's El Maestro which is a lighter 7'10" PE4 rod that I like a lot as well. 


Regards,


Trevor

Travis Heaps:
Another vote for the FCL Labo UCB74.  It quickly became my favourite rod for casting the lures youre talking about at reef edges and in the lagoons when I did a trip through North Queensland. 

Best i landed on it was a 15kg or so Maori Wrasse pulled from a couple of metres of water on the reef edge.  Yeah it's over gunned for say a few kilos of trout or emporer where the PE2 Synit Baycaster I was using was more fun - but with that sort of fishing you never know what is going to jump on board.  This rod was a nice mix of fun with the smaller reefies but dependable grunt when something bigger jumped on.

Ive attached some pictures that i'm sure Duncan from Fishhead won't mind me sharing.  They are ones he sent through to me when I was looking at purchasing the rod.

David Noble:
Saltiga 80tn or Yamaga should fit the bill nicely.
El Maestro looks the goods too.
I found someone here in Sydney selling their Carpenter TBL80/30 a while back, I reckon they've still got it if you wanted it.

That range you want it for should come in very useful, for Cooks aswell as back home for kings, tuna etc. For shallow reefs, lagoons etc and depending on weather - a capable light/mid tackle rod like this can be a trip saver. For lighter lures, I reckon the Saltiga 80TN @ 30g-90g +/- covers that the best. A worthwhile investment. Plus you could get one this week.

Cheers Dave

Byron Ford:
Thanks for all the great replys guys, was able to look at all rods mentioned above but regretfully I didn't pay much attention to the fcl, with my heart set on the snipper 80/5 I stupidly kept picking that rod up and also the saltiga.

Lucky I'm still havnt bought anything yet and got 4 days an easy access to all rods mentioned so I'll make sure to give the fcl a good look at,

One thing I'm semi leaning towards, it's also taking a pe2-3 set up for the light fun stuff inside that I'm looking at, and a solid pe5-6 like mentioned above by James to tackle the bigger stuff right on the reefs inner edge. unfortunately this time my partner will be coming as the house is done so I know I will be stuck in the lagoon at least one full day while showing her around maybe 2 so I don't want to waste any chance to cast lol And if the weather don't wanna play it's always a good back up plan.

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