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| Anyone have any experience with the new Fenwick's. I have one a few years old, looks like they updated them a bit. Looking at the 9' xh. Anybody know from an action standpoint (speed and power) how they compare to the Big Nasty or the TI xh? Have not found one in a store to look at yet. Thanks for the input. |
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| I do not have experience with the Big Nasty or the TI XH. That being said, I feel no need to to get either of those, because I love the Fenwick. I have used it for the past two seasons. It does all of the things I want it to do very well. I have two of them. I use one for blades and one for rubber. I dont throw pounders with it, but it handles Mags very well. Its handle is not as long as some of the other brands, but I am actually okay with that. And the rod casts bucktails and rubber a country mile. |
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Location: MN | I agree, with the exception that I had the handle lengthened on mine 2" |
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Location: US | I have an 8' Heavy-Fast that I use for everything from 8's to mag dawgs and I really like it, they seem light and well balanced. I would think the 9' XH would handle most rubber/big blades great, but could be light for pounders. |
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Location: Madison, WI | I have the 9' xh and it was my bucktail rod all last season. I really liked it but I wish the handle was a touch longer. Very light and casts and loads well. I like it better than my TI and I just acquired a big nasty but haven't got to use it to compare them yet. |
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| Thanks for the feedback. Danmuskyman, which TI do you have? I have the 8.5 and 9', and both worked well for blades. I think I want a faster action for blades, TI has a relatively slow action but good backbone. Looking for something between TI and St Croix, and at 200, seems like a good deal. |
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Location: Madison, WI | I have a 9' xh and a 9' xxh. I use the xx for big rubber and I agree the fenwick has a faster action that I liked better for blades. |
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Location: deephaven mn | Jamz the fenwick and big nasty are real close in comparison action wise the fenwick may be a slightly stiffer and i do mean slighty, the fenwicks handle is 1 and 5/8 longer than the big nasty (full cork model) and skinnyer. I would say that the fenwick is an ounce or two lighter in overall weight . The St. Croix is built in the USA of where as the fenwick is built in Korea |
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| so the big nasty with a 3-8 OZ would feel almost the same as the fenwick at 4-12 OZ throwing mag dawgs around 9 OZ ? |
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| Thanks for all of the feedback, I appreciate it. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | kap - 12/13/2016 3:20 PM
Jamz the fenwick and big nasty are real close in comparison action wise the fenwick may be a slightly stiffer and i do mean slighty, the fenwicks handle is 1 and 5/8 longer than the big nasty (full cork model) and skinnyer. I would say that the fenwick is an ounce or two lighter in overall weight . The St. Croix is built in the USA of where as the fenwick is built in Korea
If you have both rods could you measure from butt to real seat on both rods? |
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Location: deephaven mn | from the but to start off reel seat 15" on fenwick elite tech
14" on st. croix big nasty |
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