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Ripple Fisher Ultimo 79H PE10 UG Swim & 79MH PE8 UG Swim - Rods

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Mark Richie:
Pending what your target species is, it's important to note the blue chaser rods are tuna rods. Even the hardcore super cobra. As is usually the case with a tuna rod, their parabolic action means they struggle to lift a big G off the coral.

Take a look at a recent picture posted on the fans of carpenter Facebook page. It really sums up what I'm getting at. It's a great pic but the rod is nearly doubled over on itself. It'd be as comfy as you can get fighting an XO blue fin for an hour but I don't like its chances of lifting a GT off a bommie.

Just my 2c and feel free to prove me wrong anyone.

Alex Gomez:
Hi Leo,
I'm no expert but have also researched this a lot and yes the BLC series are designed for Kingfish primarily but make excellent tuna rods and have a big following.  The action is designed for the rod to fold over when a fish decides to run under a boat which makes the blank powerful but soft. The Ultimo's are designed for steering GT's away from reef cover in a hurry!

There are much better options with the Ultimo 79H being the best of the three mentioned.

Good luck!

Alex

Leo Sorbello:
Hi Guys,

If I acquire the Carpenter BLC 80/40 R-Power max Super Cobra, I'll be using the Gamma 90's & 120's, Bluefish 100's, 120's & Bluefish 140's, Gamma 160's in which I'm sure the rod can cast out good distance with weight range of lures mentioned with also nicely work & handle all the lures I've mentioned. Probably, popper weights of around 100g ?.

Yes, I'm aware of this BLC would be better suited to Kingfish & Tuna fishing in which currently I do a lot more of.

More experience feedback already provided from you good guys is super in me thinking harder of possibly a GT purpose rod being the ripple fisher 79H to suffice the stronger focus on GT fishing.

I'm not entirely a novice in lure popping & stickbait fishing but would love to experience more consistent GT fishing.

I probably should of posted my initial post in the kingfish/tuna section with the lure ranges, models and the BLC rod thoughts for others to come out with cross in between applications.

Regards

Leo   

Alex Gomez:
People say the Carpenter Coral Viper is such a dual purpose rod and so is the MH 80H.

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