Originally Posted by
zekepa
Here are my thoughts/opinion on the rods for how I fish and the size of fish I normally catch. Keep in mind that if you normally catch fish larger than what I am that your opinion may be different. I live in Pennsylvania, in a colder climate, the fish I normally catch are smaller. 7 to 8 inch sunfish are the most common size. Keeper crappie for me are over 9 inches, 10 inch ones are fairly common, over 11 are really nice fish for me.
Daiwa 22 Presso Air AGS 510XUL
Pro- very light, good sensitivity Con- Shorter than I'm used to, slower action than I'm used to. I prefer a rod that is less parabolic.
To me the next three rods are more similar than they are different. The two ABU rods fish the same to me, I can fish them interchangeably, there are times that I like the extra length of the slow taper special. I would have to flip a coin to decide between the two.
ABU Garcia CARABUS EXTREME CEX-622ULS
Abu Garcia Eradicator Realfinesse ERFS-67SULT-ST-TZ Slow Taper Special
Tenryu Lunakia LK6102S-MLT I haven't really fished this rod as much even though like you it is the first rod I bought. With the size fish I'm catching this rod isn't as much fun as the SUL and UL rods I have. If I was expecting to catch larger fish I would use the rod more. I have used it to occasionally drop shot.
The rod I use most often is a SUL Carabus nano. It's not as expensive as the Carabus extreme, but for fun factor on little fish it's a blast.
I don't know if any of that rambling helps you make a decision or not.