They both have great action for crappie......which is no surprise as they are both made to catch Mebaru so I expected that to be the same. The Finesse is a little bit more rigid. The tip top and last 4 guides on the rod are the smallest guides I have ever seen on a rod. I’m guessing here as I have no way to measure them but they appear to be 2.5mm.......the Drift has 3.5mm guides. The Finesse is about 4 grams heavier. The sensitivity is great but it is not the same as the Drift. Fishing the Drift has to be experienced......one can’t explain it. I used the Finesse this past Friday to catch a boat load of crappie. The Finesse really requires a true 2.5# test mono line or less because of the small guides......meaning line .117mm diameter or less. I only had one Mebaru rod left....that being the Drift.......and I wanted another one. It can be hard to find a company that makes Mebaru rods less than 7 feet so I settled on another Tict product. I’m going to wear the roads out Wednesday-Friday chasing crappie with it. My latest video is up on YouTube. I hope to get into some 13-14 inch fish this week.
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