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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 22, 2012, 07:38:43 AM
Javed, I'd suggest you look at a Carpenter Blue Lagoon 80/40 or a Ripple Fisher Ultimo 79H or 82H
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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 22, 2012, 11:21:19 AM
Fcl 81ext mh. I use it for exactly that and it's the balls! Fishhead got them, $829 from memory.
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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 22, 2012, 10:22:00 PM
Hello Friends.. Can any1 suggest me particular models of Carpenter, Fisherman and Ripplefisher rods for casting stick baits over 200grams.. Thanx..

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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 22, 2012, 11:49:57 PM
Hello Friends.. Can any1 suggest me particular models of Carpenter, Fisherman and Ripplefisher rods for casting stick baits over 200grams.. Thanx..

Carpenter Monster Hunter  or Smith Toraka .

other will help on the fisherman and ripple fisher range ...

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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 29, 2012, 07:34:15 PM
Ultimo 79h great rod for stickbait, also perfect with 150gm poppers like big kong 180.
Fisherman monster CC 77GTS. I think GARA proshop carrys them.
Should try it and let everyone knows how it goes.
Spec states cast up to 320gm, specific built for big stickbait.

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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 29, 2012, 08:40:17 PM
Second the TBL80/40, casts long will handle that lure, and PE10 (diligently) and land big GT's.

My current favorite rod, just my biased opinion.
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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 29, 2012, 08:44:17 PM
Having seen the Carpenter TBL 80/40 in action and flung one or two with it, I ordered one right away.  So, third that.

I have been using Carpenter DJ83MH and MH80H for 200 gram stickbaits and they both do the job, if not as elegantly as TBL 80/40.
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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 29, 2012, 09:12:21 PM
Good info now to sell some of my jig gear and start reel fishing
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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 29, 2012, 10:25:03 PM
the only caveat I would place taking Faraz's question into account is he wrote "stickbaits over 200g"
that's pretty broad. I really would not go over a 200g stickbait with the 80/40.
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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 29, 2012, 10:53:18 PM
Good point Brandon, to be honest I've found anything between 120 and 165gm (un-rigged) within it's comfort zone. 

the only caveat I would place taking Faraz's question into account is he wrote "stickbaits over 200g"
that's pretty broad. I really would not go over a 200g stickbait with the 80/40.
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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 29, 2012, 11:23:57 PM
the only caveat I would place taking Faraz's question into account is he wrote "stickbaits over 200g"
that's pretty broad. I really would not go over a 200g stickbait with the 80/40.

Would you with either of the Ultimo H rods Brandon?  Or do you think is it over to chugger rods for stickbaits heavier than 200 grams?

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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 30, 2012, 07:23:39 AM
What would members opinions be on the stickbait prowess between the TBL 80/40 and the 80MH for Stickbaits under 200g?

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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 30, 2012, 07:31:42 AM
Luke, the best way I would put it is that the TBL is a specialist stickbait rod. the MH is very much a compromise. If you're using a Bigfoot,s it wouldn't matter but if you're using a Gamma, it makes a difference.

Mark, I have used the 82H with up to around a 230g stickbait although I think that for stickbaits over 200g, there really isn't a dedicated rod on the market.
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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 30, 2012, 07:56:34 AM
What's a 80mh?

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Re: Guide to buying a GT rod
November 30, 2012, 08:31:08 AM
from the context i think it is a monster hunter 80
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