Thread: JDM rods relating to Panfish

Originally Posted by jawjatek

Thinking of treating myself to an EverGreen rod, looking at the SPRS-610UL-S Limber tip SS ... seems to be hard to find.

@Alphahawk : why would you choose the 6'3" Superior over the 6' 10" Limber Tip? Just curious...

I was debating the Limber Tip as well but it is a solid tip and I decided to go with the tubular. Regardless I believe you will be happy with it!


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Originally Posted by jawjatek

Thinking of treating myself to an EverGreen rod, looking at the SPRS-610UL-S Limber tip SS ... seems to be hard to find.

@Alphahawk : why would you choose the 6'3" Superior over the 6' 10" Limber Tip? Just curious...

I have become a huge fan of shorter rods.....I certainly have plenty at the 6’ 10” mark. The Limber Tip is a rod of legend and I am sure the new model is out of this world. Believe me I have gone back and forth in my head on these 2 rods. The Limber Tip is the only soft action rod in the Salty Sensation line up. They have worked their magic to make a soft rod uber sensitive. I was not able to find one either. I have lost count of the number of folks from other countries telling me how I really need to get a Limber Tip.

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How much are these Evergreen rods we are speaking about? I looked at some that approached $500...I think they were running around $490?? This sound right?

Originally Posted by redearhoosier

How much are these Evergreen rods we are speaking about? I looked at some that approached $500...I think they were running around $490?? This sound right?

Yep....they ain’t cheap.....world class rods

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I inquired about one from Plat and Digitaka - Digi said no dice, not selling Evergreen; Plat said they would reserve me one for end of September. The 6'3" Superior can be found, but not the Limber Tip. I will send a finder's fee of fine hand-tied Gekkabijin jigs to anyone who finds me the new one in stock. The search continues.

I have been finding huge bream and shellcrackers on bed lately, and the Yamaga BC 71/TZ Nano JHS is getting the job done very well, along with the Tict Rockin' Power.

What is the pro's, con's and purpose of a solid tip rod? I have never owned one.
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Originally Posted by Fishon!SC

What is the pro's, con's and purpose of a solid tip rod? I have never owned one.
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Several schools of thought on this. One is you can work small plastics better.......solid tips are really made to work well with ester....and PE line. The Ajing and Mebaru rods are mostly solid tip rods with the design in mind it use soft plastics. For us that fish for bluegill solid tip rods in all likelihood give us a better hook up rate. Bluegill will suck a bait in and with solid tips it is less likely to feel the lure before it is too late. Trout anglers use solid tip rods all the time for casting micro spoons.....you won’t find a Japanese angler using soft plastics on trout though.....evidently it is not the thing to do there. Maybe Chris could explain that to us. The general consensus is tubular tip rods are more sensitive.....but on high end rods you’re not going to be able to tell the difference hardly at all...if any. Most of my rods are solid tip.....and all but one of them are so sensitive you can feel a fish chasing the lure. The one that is not so sensitive is not a high end rod.....only 85% graphite content in it. You can find a lot about this doing a search online but you will find schools of different thought.

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Had a chance to try out Tict Sram EXR 77S-Sis and compare it with Yamaga Blanks Blue Current 77 TZ/ Nano. I think this pair will have me set in the light power department for a while. The two rods have similar lure tests (up to 11 g for the Sram and up to 13 g for the BC), but are very different. Tict is extra fast, with only about the top 1/3 of the rod working the fish, and the solid tip is perfect for animating the lure. The 77 BC has a different and somewhat diverse action. It feels truly fast until a good fish is on, when it behaves like a true moderate and parries sudden runs with ease. The BC is also the one I would use to raise the bigger catch up to the rocks. I will be very hesitant to do that with the Sram. To my surprise, the two are about the same sensitivity-wise and I have not noticed the advantage I was expecting from the Sram. In my current realm, the Sram is perfect for its intended purposes – mackerel, and the BC is excellent for everything else and more. In the end, the BC is a better all-arounder. Luvias 2000S with YGK XBraid Upgrade X4 0.3-0.4 fits perfectly on the Sram, the slightly bigger brother is coming to take its place on the BC with the X8 version of the Upgrade in 0.6. By the way, that Upgrade is a heck of a line. I feel like I struck a gold mine with both YGK and Daiwa's Gekkabijin Tsuki No Hibiki II.