Wilson Venom rods.

[mat vinton]

Has anybody had a look or play with any of these? saw the add where they are lifting 40kgs. Any ideas/thoughts

[Peter Morris]

Arent the Venom Rods....Berkley's Range..??

Pete

[Brock Arifovic]

HiT the gym

[Kaiser Pro Shop]

Hi Mat,

I believe Wilson's range are different from the Synit Venom FTs. The Wilson range uses a slow taper mandrel similar to first gen Synit Venoms. Hence the outcome is a more parabolic rod.

The Venom FTs use a triple taper fast taper mandrel which allows a wider range of jig weights.

[Aaron Concord]

Brock,

You just couldn't resist, could you!

[Brock Arifovic]

Nup, not really. Oh nearly forgot, some gaffer tape & any other impliment that you can find would be good to keep your a_ _ H_ _ e in tact.

[Mark Harris]

Wilson Venom - sounds like a tennis racket  .

So I guess these use the same blank as the Synit Venom? Where are they made, any website etc?

[Duncan O'Connell]

There are Synit Venoms, Wilson Venoms and Berkley Venoms
All three are completely different

Synit and Wilson both use Kilwell blanks but are not the same tapers/mandrels etc

Wilson Venom rods are generally quite parabolic in action and have huge amounts of power down low. We have had a couple of the jigging rods as demos over the last few months and have used them on many trips out off brisbane and tweed.

Picture attached is the PE# 3-8 Spin being bent up on a 20kg king
As you can see by the terrible angle my mate has the rod under, they seem to be pretty durable little rods.



Cheers
Tom

[Mark Harris]

Thanks very much Tom.

The bend on that crazy-angled rod look like what you might expect from an equivalent Smith AMJ.

[Duncan O'Connell]

Hi Mark,

I would say the AMJ rods tend to have a little more taper in the very tip sections. Both are quite parabolic but the AMJ's do seem to have a little more of a pronounced taper in that first thirty or so centimetres.

Cheers
Tom

[Aaron Concord]

Tom,

HIGH STICK HEAVAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mark,

It does sound like a tennis racket,

Brock,

Thanks for the visual!

Aaron.

[Daniel Fisher]

Kye is the king of high sticking. 

[roderick walmsley]

Matt

We have been running 6 of these rods now on the charter boat for just over 6 months and as of yet have had only good things to say of them. We have 4 spin rods and 2 overhead rods in both 350g and 450g size. Best fish to date on one was a 400lb blue marlin that was in the wrong place at the right time- well for us anyway. Unfortunately this fish died 300m down after being tail wrapped and had to be winched up with the rod under extreme pressure. It came through the task with flying colours. We purchased them for the boat so they are not sponsored tackle and therefore this opinion is unbiased in any way. We are pretty happy with their parabolic action as they are very forgiving on the angler and as Tom mentioned earlier can take a bit of high sticking. Hope that helps

Regards

Rod

[Rhet Tainton]

So as not to hijack another thread where these rods were a consideration to purchase.......................for those far more knowledgable, opinions of a PE 5 or 8 Venom versus a GT Special?

Will be matched to a Saragosa with 80lb for a beginner having his first crack.

Cheers, Rhet

[roderick walmsley]

Rhet

The Venom popping rods have more of a medium action to the T Curve and bend right to the but when you pile on the pressure at the boat or when the fish sounds. Which rod to chose is a tricky question and will come down to wether you prefer a faster taper or slower taper rod. A few of the guys on the Tweed are fishing the Venom's and the best fish to date on one is a GT of around 45kg. If that helps

Rod