bottem bouncing rod help
Submitted by Ethan on Mon, 2010-01-11 18:26
hi need help on deciding on a rod for a saltist 30 with pe 5 braid im going to use it mainly bottem bashing, i want a rod thats flexible in the tip but realy strong in the butt i was thinking a composite rod or a graphite rod also what are the saltist rods like. i dont want to spend over 280 and would like to go lower then that if i can without sacrafising quality
any help is appreciated
cheers Ethan
bluebagger
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Date Joined: 21/10/08
Wilson live fibre are a good
Wilson live fibre are a good quality rod with a soft tip and plenty of butt grunt. Should be able to get one within your budget.
GO BLUES.
mexican
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Date Joined: 18/04/07
Have a look at the Ugly
Have a look at the Ugly Stick blue water series - and they aren't as prone to high stick snapping - or so i'm told
honsu chin
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Date Joined: 20/09/05
The Ugly Stik Bluewater are
The Ugly Stik Bluewater are still graphite rods wrapped with fibreglass outlay. So I wouldnt go high sticking it even tho its an Ugly Stik!!
They are great value rods. The PE5 overhead sells for just over $200. With the Fishwrecked discount, even better again!!
Got them in stock so drop by and check it out.
nackers
Posts: 341
Date Joined: 23/10/09
got a saltist 50
combo rod an reel and i rate it u dont need to spend the big bucks and have caught some hooter fish on it no problem
JACKO W
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ugly sticks are graet.
ugly sticks are great and also T-curve are very good for what you want.
Theres absolutely nothin like hookin up to the first biggun of the day. JACKO W.
Andy Mac
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Go the Ugly Stick
Ive had one for near on 10 years and it hasn't skipped a beat. In fact I have several.
My advice is to go light enough to enjoy the fight of 90% of the fish you will catch but strong enough to win the battle with the 10% of fish that will give you a run for your money.
I hate watching guys fish with broomsticks and have no bend in the rod at all. No fun in that imo.
Cheers
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Ethan
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Date Joined: 19/06/07
thanks for the help i will
thanks for the help i will probaly go with the ugly stik bluewater range of rods they look realy nice for the the price thanks again
Ethan
Ben Derecki
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Date Joined: 10/10/07
Lemax JigKings around that
Lemax JigKings around that weight have a reasonably flexy tip and some grunt in the bottom end, reasonably priced too... I think they're under two hunjy. I used one up in Exxy with a Saltist 40 and brought up plenty of nice reds and annoying small sharks. Don't look half bad either.
Not a very good shot but this is one of the lighter models with an eagle ray giving me some curry and a deep water pinky.