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Uncle Russ · 04-22-2008, 02:38 PM

gmack: I don't think anyone has answered your question about the rod yet--I do not own one, but I pulled on a couple of prototypes, and I do own the earlier, lighter, 7 foot version plus a couple of CalStars and a couple of higher end Japanese rods with removable butts--from my perspective (limited by a relative lack of experience compared to some on this board) you cannot do better than the OTI in terms of price point. Moreover, I own popping rods in the 7 foot, 8 foot, and 9 foot lengths, and to my way of thinking, 7 1/2 feet would be just about ideal.

Second, the butt joint is not vulnerable in any way--someone else correct me if I am wrong, but if you were able to break this rod, it would not be at that joint--but at the tip by high-sticking it.

With regard to the choice of reel, having fished out of Venice and been challenged only by 70 pound class tuna, if I had the good fortune to live there, I would put off a trip or two and use the money saved to buy a Stella 20K, 10k, or a Twinspin 20 or 30 with a minimum of 65 pound line. Sooner or later you will run into a big fish. That is the consensus of all the research I have done on this and other boards.

Russ

04-22-2008, 02:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
Uncle Russ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,131	gmack: I don't think anyone has answered your question about the rod yet--I do not own one, but I pulled on a couple of prototypes, and I do own the earlier, lighter, 7 foot version plus a couple of CalStars and a couple of higher end Japanese rods with removable butts--from my perspective (limited by a relative lack of experience compared to some on this board) you cannot do better than the OTI in terms of price point. Moreover, I own popping rods in the 7 foot, 8 foot, and 9 foot lengths, and to my way of thinking, 7 1/2 feet would be just about ideal. Second, the butt joint is not vulnerable in any way--someone else correct me if I am wrong, but if you were able to break this rod, it would not be at that joint--but at the tip by high-sticking it. With regard to the choice of reel, having fished out of Venice and been challenged only by 70 pound class tuna, if I had the good fortune to live there, I would put off a trip or two and use the money saved to buy a Stella 20K, 10k, or a Twinspin 20 or 30 with a minimum of 65 pound line. Sooner or later you will run into a big fish. That is the consensus of all the research I have done on this and other boards. Russ __________________ "Tschirhart: Helluva deal. You bait the hooks--I catch the fish!--Grimm."