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New Ripple Fisher Nano Rods

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Mark Richie:
Hi everyone,

There seems to be quite a few questions floating around asking about a few of these new nano rods but no one seems to be able to give a decent account of them.

Has anyone on here managed to put a bend on any of them yet? I'd be interested to here about the 8' reversal which seems like it would be a winner for sub 150g poppers and stickbaits. My main concern is that nano generally refers to a rod that's still strong but loses stiffness? I may just be generalising off of the Cape Cod Special Graphite and Nano. Please tell me I'm wrong with that assessment!

It almost seems like big cup mouthed poppers are starting to be phased out by rod manufacturers? Again, please tell me I'm wrong!

Glenn Waddle:
Yes. I believe the rest of the community are equally curious how nano series is performing.
any first persons account will be invaluable.

Courtland Babcock:
I can't speak to the Ripple Fisher line so tune out if that is all your keen on, but...

I have gone through a plethora of gear in the last 3 years while getting into GT fishing and fine tuning what it is that I like. I have had the opportunity to fish with many models and brands over that time as well as trips prior to GT throughout central America and tuna fishing off the east coast of the US for most of my life.

I have switch all casting rods over to nano and shortened them significantly. My heavy popping rod is 6'9" and nano. My stickbait rod is 7'4" and nano. I absolutely love the feel of the rods close to the boat and that is why I have switched. They are very easy on the angler. They can in general be a bit soft when the lure is far from the boat on the hook set though. I am a good caster so the shorter rods do not effect me except for the action on the stickbaits. I obviously cannot fish stickbaits well on the 6'9" but the 7'4" is fine up to 140g or so. I fish that as a PE5-6 rod with a Saltiga5000. I can fish that rod all day with no issue. It performs especially well when the bite is on and you get tired. 

I do not like the nano in the lighter gear especially on parabolic rods as the rod will just bend and bend with little control.

David Lumanauw:
May i know what is your popping and stickbait rod?

Courtland Babcock:
I'm hesitant to say due to the elitist Carpenter attitude of this forum, LOL! (disclaimer: I do own Carpenter rods)

The only nano I have available to me is Black Hole. I have them custom spun in "murdered out" fashion with no logo and no bling. My popping rod is a CowII Special (1pc.) cut to 6'9" from 7'5", all from the butt of the blank. Here are 2 shots of the action of the popping rod. One boatside and one long distance:





My stickbait rod is a Black Hole 7'6"(2 pc.) nano with 2" cut from the butt. Here is a away from the boat, boatside and fish pic. I was not on the rod but taking the pics. That fish is about 40kg amberjack on topwater.







Ideally, I would like a 2pc. nano popping at about 7'. I cut this one a bit too short because of travel rod tubes.

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