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Mahmoud Salem:
Good day

I'm looking for a lighter rod; as so far most of the fish we get is trevallies, Bohar snappers or smaller GTs around 20 kg at most
I prefer it to have good casting distance as this will enable the lure to cover bigger distance especially with the high boats we usually use
Lure weight will be 65-120 gm
Will use it with a 10k sized reel, so a rod on the lighter weight side is preferred for balance

I'm currently using a Smith Tokara with big stickbaits and poppers

A friend of mine highly recommends the Hots Tide Lez 78MH, there's also the 711 version which I guess will be better for casting distance
I'm open to any other options

Thanks in advance

Jon Li:
Hi Mahmoud ,

Carpenter BC75MHS is very good albeit only rated PE4~5 .

Jon .

Mahmoud Salem:
Thanks Jon

Any other recommendations?
Or can any body feeb me back on Hots Tide Lez 711MH?

Trevor Skinner:
The 711MH is a great rod but a little soft in the tip for the top end of your range.

60-100g no problem.

My favourite PE4 rods are the FCL Labo UCB 74 with the long handle (effectively 7'6") but I'm not sure whether it isn't a little short for your needs and Saltywater's El Maestro 710. Again 60-100g is about right

Both will handle your target fish without a problem.


Regards,


Trevor

Mark Harris:
The Blue Lagoon 84/22 is lovely rod and will handle PE5 no problem and you could probably push it to PE6.

I would suggest having a look at the Yamaga Blanks stable. The Blue Sniper 82/5 or 82/5 both seem spot on and there are several Aquilas in that class.  Yamaga Blanks/Ripple Fisher caters very well for this class of rods.

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