Originally Posted by
skeetbum
Finally went yesterday with a friend and we tangled with some shad, great fun. Small ones about 14” and they got bigger and more attitude from there. We caught about 30 fish so we got a pretty good idea of what to expect out of the rods. The Browning has 2.5lb troutist wild and the Leland has some area Meister in 3lb. Had to use a 1/16 to get down in the current, and the longer casts were also a plus. Both the rods performed as good or better than I had hoped. The only line breakage was just before the knot after 8 or 9 fish and I believe that I should have retied. The Leland was in Phil’s hands and got quite aa workout. Loaded up nice and then the drag would sing. The Brownings softer action was by no means a hinderance and took a lot of the punishment before the drag went to work. Overall very pleased with everything, especially the line. East to see the wild and the orange in the meister was easy enough to see even in the low light overcast morning. Hope this helps someone. All money well spent so far.