" Jon is using a level of drag that is obviously suitable for the rod and it is a rod that is keeping him in the sport but you young blokes should be looking for a GT rod. "
Brandon : Bless Kenji Konishi for designing n coming up with rods for older guy like me to still able to fish GT along side the younger guys .
" Huge kudos to Jon for boating a 30 kg Maluku GT with a BLC 80/35, but I am sure he would be the first to admit that you would be much better off spending all that money on a specialist GT rod. "
Mark : I subdue that 30 kg GT using BLC84/22R P-1 rod , looking at the butt size of BLC80/35R P-Max SC which is larger in diameter than CV79/40 , I am sure the rod has enough grunt to subdue bigger GT but at the same time casting lighter lures .
Jon .