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Context is everything. To me, #.6-1.5 looks more like a recommended line range for a particular rod, rather than the gou (line size) number and the pound test, which I have never seen written in...

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I don't know how critical it is. The only times I've exceeded a rod's line rating was with 6 lb braid on a baitcaster with a 4 lb rating (only because the 4 lb braid was horrendously expensive). I...

Unfortunately, if you don't know how you broke it, there's no reason to think it won't happen over and over again. I would suggest thinking back and trying to remember EXACTLY what you were doing the...

If you fish a spoon as slowly as a spoon should be fished, it will wobble but will not spin. At the end of your retrieve, when you can see the spoon's action, if it is spinning you are retrieving too...

If Daiwa still had them in stock I would have bought a lot more of them.
Not in Daiwa's production plan for the next 3 months. No way to know their plans beyond 3 months.

They're built to handle the fish in the trout Areas in Japan - some of which get large. At 5'6", it is shorter than nearly all Area rods, but it is built for small anglers (women and children) rather...

No, I haven't had any in the shop. After all the "glorified cane pole" comments I got when tenkara was just getting started in the US, I didn't think guys sitting on the bank fishing with bait and...

I am sure you are right in that it is a type of keiryu rod, but so is the kind I described above. I don't think it will be a problem.

I did watch the video. There are telescopic rods in Japan that are used in exactly that way, although they are shorter than 8m. They are used in high mountain streams where there isn't always room...

Guess I should stock up :biggrin

Longest I have in the shop now is 23'6" but I've had 27' rods before.

Tenryu upgraded the Rayz blanks this year, so the difference between the Rayz and the Spectra is not as wide as it was. At this point, I personally believe the difference between the UL, LL and L is...

Not all JDM rods are hard to source. The Tenryu Lunakia comes in 5'8" and 6'3" models, designed specifically for casting light jigs. The 5'8" model has a max lure rating of 2g (just over 1/16 oz) and...

Most Japanese anglers go their whole lives never catching a 16" trout. There was a video a few years ago that was quite popular among Japanese anglers about a guy who set out on a quest to catch a...

It is their flagship stream trout rod. The Tenryu Rayz Alter is their flagship Area trout rod, and is as nice as the Spectra - just designed for lakes rather than streams.

I'm no pro, but to me there is a huge difference between casting a 1/16 oz jighead with plastic (raWr Fishing) and a 1/32 oz hair jig (OP)! For me, it is the difference between A) piece of cake and ...

I know of two JDM baitcasters designed for "Area" trout fishing (there may be others). One is a Daiwa, new this year, which I have ordered but have not yet received, and the other is a Rodio-craft,...

I thought so, too. That is why the Tenryu rods come with a one-year limited warranty. It isn't a Tenryu warranty, it is a Finesse-Fishing warranty on a Tenryu rod.

She and I have been over that ground a few times now, since that is clearly not an answer that would satisfy anyone with any curiosity. To boil a few half hour explanations down to a few sentences,...

Best guess is several years. How many years depends on how well they sell and when Tenryu decides a major upgrade is warranted.

Should have some in stock within a couple weeks.

Yodie,

Great review of the Lunakia LK752S-MMHT.

The tip diameter is 1.2mm. Tenryu doesn't publish butt diameters and I don't have one here to measure. I hope to have some in stock next month,...

OOPS - You are correct!

Ester is polyester. PE and braid (Spectra, Dyneema) are polyethylene.

Nylon monofilament line is called "mono" because when it was introduced the most popular line was braided (dacron). Rather than a braid of several filaments, the new nylon line was just one filament...

Reel slowly.

Apparently EMS is shipping now, but it also appears they still have at least a two-month backlog of shipments to the US.

When they stopped accepting new shipments last spring I had heard it was...

I mostly fish streams and I much prefer rods around 5' to anything longer - even if the stream is not that tiny. Sure, a 6' rod will cast further, but I don't need to cast further. There are plenty...

Good braid isn't cheap. Really good braid really isn't cheap.

If you want Ring Kick Tails I will order them for you. I switched from them to the very similar Eurotackle B-Vibes because the Ring Kick Tails are made in China and I am gradually moving away from...

Not surprised. From my brief write up of the rod "There is just enough flex in the rod tip to propel the light lure well. A heavier lure, like a 2.5g Daiwa Crusader spoon, just goes like a bullet. I...