NEW SEEKER NOT HAPPY

every brand new rod I've had creaked a little at first

 

same experience here, it's like a new house.

 

Dont sound to good to me. I guess it's all in the ear of the beholder.
Never heard of a brake in period for a rod blank??? Hey u learn something new every day.

 

I agree. Seeker has a great rep, they're guaranteed, and many of the best custom rods use either Seeker or Calstar blanks. Lifts should be at a 45 degree angle or lower. You can break any of them if you high stick em. That rod should work for any tuna in the Gulf. I've got a couple of XH's, i think they're one step lower in capacity, and they've been great. The super seekers are really something. fish the creaks out of it. You'll like it.

Fred

 

.The super seekers are really something.

that's the black classic series that's built with the Original California Tackle tooling and designs, those rods are the standard of West Coast fishing.

'nuff said

(lol!)

actually it spooks me when i see such a big range on ratings (50-80-130)

i lean more t'wards ratings of 30-50, 50-80, 80-100, (and maybe even 80-130)

a 60# range just sounds hinky to me....... it's like what is it really built for?....
do they just wanna cover a bigger market?

 

agreed - I generally fish with the lower end of the rating to be safe, at least to start. After a few good fish you should know what rod class it really is.

 

I think the cracking is the guides moving and stretching just a hair underneath the epoxy. Most all my rods have done that, and I don't like the way it sounds either.

Seeker is top notch, and that blank really is an 80lb blank. You could fish 130 with it but you'll bottom out the rod.

Tom - DBG

 

thanks guys but what kind of drag should i realisticlly expect to use on this ?
if you go with the assumption that its an 80-class, then 20-25 or so.

 

sorry - i read your question wrong. It could handle up to about 40lbs.

**i for some reason thought 80lb test and not rod.

 

It would be a little over $300 for a spinner and a little under for a conventional, but I have a Calstar 700XH that I have pulled 35 pounds of drag on the scale in the garage and had confidence in at least another 5--but I am conservative. Fred (gimmedeal) brought in about a 50 or 60 pound yellow fin on it like it was a crappie. (Unfortunately, Calstar does not provide a clone of Fred with the blank.)

Russ

 

um damn i dont know...... puttin 40 lbs on this would scare the shyt outta me. but im gunna post pics in a minute or so.

the rule of thumb I use is about 50% of the rod's rating. So an 80lb rod should be able to handle up to 40lbs. I wouldn't recommend it necessarily, but it should be able to handle it.

 

after i typed what i did i had to go get one o'my new rods outta the closet.....

it's a 6' AR standup with a rating of 50-100....... still quite a broad range
(originally bot 1, but just had to order another when i noticed it was labeled "BILLFISHER" in holographic lettering

but for 150 buck$, whudda ya expect...... is see the one being spoke about is advertised as having a fast taper....... maybe that's why the broad range on rating

i just went back to the closet again and noticed that i have 4 new 5' 6" standups with a fast taper that have a broad range too........ 50-130..... an 80# range!
(but these are 'el-cheapos' for novice guests tho)

 

hopefully all is well, it would suck to get a defective rod - good thing your breaking it in, at least you won't have it failing during your fishing!

 

"it seems as it is breaking in with each lift"

lol!........ i started to tell ya,...... ya gotta 'warm-it-up 1st!

you oughta be fine with it then....... i hope those cheap ones i got'll hold up to about 18# at strike........ gonna put 50Ws with underrated 60# mono on'em

i say cheap...... they're just aren't ARs...... stripper and tip-top only

still.... i think they'll be okay for trolling and chunking for when i have novices on the boat (don't wanna see any o'my good schtuff go over the side)