It was a jigrex an only 3 weeks old I think i got a very similar pic,That fella in the background snapped his rod too, That was a good serious day sambo jigging early last season,Cant wait for this year..
If I could add pics to my posts it would be here instead of a link.... um... Adam... Please.... No Icons...
Ya shouldhav seen us all waiting around for one deckie to finish fightin his sambo on a cal 40or somethin small like it.. http://fishwrecked.com/node/13781
Don't want to upset anybody here, but I guess the obvious question that needs to be asked is, 'are you setting the drag' too high? (Accepting that there will always be the posibility of dud rods). But, if I may say, two rods on one day = 2 dud rods?
I pulled a 20K Sambo up from only 15m with a 200 - no problems at all.
Colin Molloy
(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)
Is the 400 a deep jig trigger? They'd be rated for fairly heavy Jigs. Too stiff or you just worried about the break? Remember this thread is about snapped Jigwrex rods LOL (well one anyway).
Between the Sambo and the Queeny - hmmm, different fights. Sambo was longer and overall stronger - but your right, the 'sudden lunge' factor was definately with the queenie, and, let's face it, it's the sudden lunch and that brief moment before the drag cuts in that will do the damage.
Colin Molloy
(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)
Haven't owned a 400, but I've read that the 200 and 400 are very different (more than they obviously should be). I know some don;t like the parabolic nature of the 200, some saying that they put too much pressure low down. What do you like about the Jigmaster or USJ over the 400 DJT (presume it is a DJT?).
Colin Molloy
(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)
ive got a few t curve rods the 400 being my fave its caught a lotta big fish and never missed a beat would have a 200 or a 400 in a second ,some ppl say the 400 is a bit stiff but each to their own
Corza
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It was a jigrex an only 3
It was a jigrex an only 3 weeks old I think i got a very similar pic,That fella in the background snapped his rod too, That was a good serious day sambo jigging early last season,Cant wait for this year..
kaneo
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expensive habit mate.lol
expensive habit mate.lol
Corza
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aother shot of it
http://fishwrecked.com/node/13780
If I could add pics to my posts it would be here instead of a link.... um... Adam... Please.... No Icons...
Ya shouldhav seen us all waiting around for one deckie to finish fightin his sambo on a cal 40or somethin small like it.. http://fishwrecked.com/node/13781
Dreamweaver
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Snapped Rods
Don't want to upset anybody here, but I guess the obvious question that needs to be asked is, 'are you setting the drag' too high? (Accepting that there will always be the posibility of dud rods). But, if I may say, two rods on one day = 2 dud rods?
I pulled a 20K Sambo up from only 15m with a 200 - no problems at all.
Colin Molloy
(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)
Soon to be de "dreamweaver" ed!
Dreamweaver
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Date Joined: 01/12/07
Gotta Bight Gotta Bight
I'm on!
LOL
Is the 400 a deep jig trigger? They'd be rated for fairly heavy Jigs. Too stiff or you just worried about the break? Remember this thread is about snapped Jigwrex rods LOL (well one anyway).
Between the Sambo and the Queeny - hmmm, different fights. Sambo was longer and overall stronger - but your right, the 'sudden lunge' factor was definately with the queenie, and, let's face it, it's the sudden lunch and that brief moment before the drag cuts in that will do the damage.
Colin Molloy
(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)
Soon to be de "dreamweaver" ed!
Dreamweaver
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T Curves
AND BEFORE anyone accusses me of pushing T Curves, I'm not
. Some folks like them, some folks don't. 
Colin Molloy
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Too Stiff
Haven't owned a 400, but I've read that the 200 and 400 are very different (more than they obviously should be). I know some don;t like the parabolic nature of the 200, some saying that they put too much pressure low down. What do you like about the Jigmaster or USJ over the 400 DJT (presume it is a DJT?).
Colin Molloy
(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)
Soon to be de "dreamweaver" ed!
fishcrazy
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tcurve
ive got a few t curve rods the 400 being my fave its caught a lotta big fish and never missed a beat would have a 200 or a 400 in a second ,some ppl say the 400 is a bit stiff but each to their own
Dreamweaver
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each to their own
absolutely fc. ! Can't see the constructive benefits of casting broad as oppossed to personal opnions myself. People have preferences, that's all.
Colin Molloy
(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)
Soon to be de "dreamweaver" ed!