Nice write up! I also own a Eradicator 5:10 and can attest the feel of a all-carbon rod, very crisp and stiff but will bend to the pull of a 3 inch bluegill. Without photo I can’t imagine how bad in the look department of your Salty Stage, but the Eradicator had been dubbed “ a rod designed by Pininfarrina!”
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