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Testing
Sept 2, 2012 17:43:52 GMT -5
Post by Fins 32 on Sept 2, 2012 17:43:52 GMT -5
so this fall, im finally gonna do something that ive been meaning to do for a while. that is test rods for skishing more in depth. now yes I hae done this before, comparing lami's, st. croix, rogue, glass vs graphite vs comp. but nothing really stood out as being the best for what i was looking for. My Rogue SU1064s-2 has been th current #1 but due to its total lack of availability currently, and its old ferrule technology, i have slowing been trying to use less off it. This left me in a cunundrum, what can a find? Something easy to get and with awesome ferrule technology, (since im living in a dorm i need 2 pieces rods). so this led me to the guys at Century rods. Really been into their stuff and and I have some friends on the prostaff.
well i found 2 standouts for skishing that i am going to test thoroughly this fall and into my winter stuff, these are the SS1327 and the ss1145. I should have these both within the coming weeks, ill build em up and get them skishing as soon as I can. From there, ill see which one i find works the best for general skishing for stripers, and I will write up a full report, on my site, here, and a few other places.so check back later to see
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Testing
Sept 25, 2012 21:30:21 GMT -5
Post by Fins 32 on Sept 25, 2012 21:30:21 GMT -5
direct quote from my blog...
"As a former commercial custom rod builder, rod’s are one of those things that really interest me. In recent the companies have all really stepped, it up and made some awesome blanks. Powerful, light and high performance stuff Lamiglas had the Super Surfs, Arra’s and AKS series. (all but arra discontinued replaced by the infinity), St.Croix had the legend, and CTS really started to take off. Now I tried all these rods, and never found something that i really liked. Sort of the reason that I used my 4yr old rogue so often Until i tried a century. I’ve tried ALOT of rods, and just always left wanting more. The first time I picked up a century, I was wow’d and in catching fish on them, I can say that I have never been so impressed with a rod in my life. Super light but strong enough to horse in fish, and can hit the fish way out. Even the ferrules were cool, you can not twist them at all thanks to the anti-twist technology. Best of all the century guys are all great, and very knowledgeable.
Last week had fish almost every cast on the ss1265 paired with a vs200, a few over 20lbs and an estimated 30-35lber (by length). Normally by sunrise I would have been exhausted, but the light and powerful rod just kept going and, I was really, really impressed. You have heard the hype, but in all honesty it is 100% justified.
Now why am I going on with this. A while ago I mentioned that I was going to be looking for perfect skishing rod, well I have my first 2 contenders, and you guessed it they are both centuries. The first is the 9’6” sling shot. (ss1145), the other an 11′ slingshot. (ss1327). I am currently in the process of building them and will report back after thorough testing while swimming with them. Eventually I will add more centuries to the list, but for now these are the first 2.
If you want to come try some rods,there will be a demo at Giglio’s Bait and tackle this saturday, in Sea Bright, NJ @9am. I’ll be there. For more info email me @ skishnj@gmail.com"[glow=red,2,300][/glow]
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