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Looking for a tuna jigging/ bottom fish jigging rod. Someone had mentioned a 700H as a good choice. Any thoughts? Looking to mount a Torque 300 on it & have about 18-20# drag when tuna fishing.
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02-26-2008, 02:29 PM
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I built a rod on that blank and have fished it with 20 to 22 pounds of drag. I have not hooked a tuna on it yet, but i caught a 90lb amberjack with the drag set in that range. He put up one heck of a fight and the rod worked great.
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02-26-2008, 05:41 PM
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Hunter.....nice rod....I like the wrapping....is that gold thread?
I have a 700 xh,which I really like,and just got a st croix musky rod built,which is thinner,and lighter than the calstar,and got it set up with an everol 6/12,with fuji trigger grip.....I cant wait to use it....the blank( 2M79XXXHF)can handle 65-100lb line,.... I am also having an calstar 700h,being built,for my stella 10000......should be a good setup.... jeff |
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02-26-2008, 08:35 PM
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Tess - thanks - sounds like you have some nice stuff - tell me about your everol 6/12 - I have heard of the everol but I do not believe I've ever put my eyes on one - HUNTER II's (my 27' Albemarle) rod colors are black & gold. The thread on this rod is gold braided & black holografic braided tapes wrapped side by side. I have gold holografic braid on order, which I am going to wrap a couple of Calstar 660XH & 660XXH standup rods. I'm a beastmaster affeciando. I'll be putting 30-50's on each of the new rods. It looks really cool when you wrap the guides with one color holografic braid and accent it with a contrasting color. If you look in the background you can see a rod on the bench which I am building for a friend. This rod is being wrapped in silver holografic braid with black metalic thread accents.
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02-27-2008, 07:06 PM
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The everol reels are really built well...I have 2- 12/20,and just got the 6/12.
I used the 12/20's last year for tuna up to 100lbs,and they handled well. The 6/12 is a smaller reel,with same drag system as the bigger 12/20. It weighs about 18 oz,and the 12/20,s about 25 oz. I got about 20 lbs drag at strike,on them.I just had them all upgraded,and now get 24-28 lbs at strike. The price was right,but I think they just went up,due to the value of the dollar overseas. The lower,or one on left is 12/20,the other,6/12.... I have short fat hands,and they fit my needs very well.... Really like those rods,btw.... |
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02-27-2008, 07:59 PM
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Nice set ups there tess!
I've been seeing the Everols coming up on a lot of boards lately. Hey PacFisher - There may be members here from whom you could get a blank, but since I haven't seen any answers, you can find the 700H here: Blank |
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02-27-2008, 08:53 PM
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That's about the most it can bend and not rub the line on the rubber handle, A MAX OUT it would appear, unless there was a different reel put on it. I've never broke a rod and I hope that I never will !!!
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