My 5’6” Daiwa Gekkabijin Ajing Rod arrived this evening.
Interesting rod . Very lightweight.
Solid tip , looks to be an xtra-fast action . First 10” or so super flexible then it seems to stiffened a little through the first third of the rod .
Should zip out light jigs and should be pretty sensitive for jigging and swimming lightweight jigs .
Sounds good .
Supposed to have our first freezing temps tonight .
I’ll have to fish in some fairly cool temps in the morning as I’m obligated from noon on , the rest of the day .
If I don’t get a chance tomorrow, I’ll be out there on Friday getting it’s first fish slime on it .
“ The bigger the Bend , the Wider the Grin ! “
About 10 years back one of my first rods I ordered was a 7 foot Daiwa Gekkabijin Ajing rod. When I unpacked it I thought what am I going to do with this thing. The most rigid UL rod I had ever seen…..including to this day. I had it strung up with SOS 2# test….which breaks at 3.75 pounds. I took it down to the Pig Pen off the bank below Pickwick Dam. On back to back casts I had a 21 inch Smallie and then a 26 inch carp. I had that rod doubled into a U. I thought it would surely break…..but it did not. They make a good rod.
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Not sure how much you have read about Ajing rods. I was flabbergasted to find out years ago that these rods are used to catch small fish….horse mackerel. One needs a sensitive rod to detect the bite and a very fast action to get a hook set. My understanding is the Japanese love to eat them and love the challenge these small fish give them to catch.
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The fish I’ve seen in the pictures are about 6-9” long . Look like a small mackerel. The green sunfish I’m catching are for the most part, less than half that size . With a 6-7” one occasionally caught .
It’s similar to ice fishing, except I’m jigging around the rocks . The greenie darts out from under the rocks and back quickly, so this maybe the perfect rod .
I’ll give a report on Monday if the water level at the lake is still high enough to cover the rip rap .
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Nice looking setup!
Bob
Two more Daiwa Trout rods showed up today . The 4’6” XUL and a 5’6” XUL .
All I can saw is wow !
Paired both with a size 500 Piscifun Carbon X , that weigh 5.1oz . Spooled with 3# P-Line Flouroclear .
All four will be traveling to the Monday meetup this coming Monday .
Hope to have them all slimed by then .
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Pictures,, pictures. Yea!
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As requested, the top one is the 5’6” Daiwa 21 Trout X AT 56XUL/N , the bottom one is the 4’6” Daiwa 21 Trout X AT 46XUL/N .
Both paired with Piscifun Carbon X 500 reels .
From what I understand the 5’6” and 6’ have spit grips , all of the shorter ones have the red medal grip .
Both seem to be plenty sensitive.
I give the casting ability edge to the 5’6” , but only around five feet extra distance . Accuracy seems a little better with the longer rod , mainly because don’t have to cast as hard with the longer rod.
Both were bargains IMO .
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