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Location: Seymour, WI | I bought a Gander Mtn 7'6" med hvy rod yesterday.
Besides $10.00 in price, What is the difference between IM 6, IM7 and IM8 graphite rods?
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | I have one IM7 rod and two IM8 Gander Mountain Guide rods. The 8' MH IM8 is my favorite bucktail/spinner-bait/crankbait rod. The 6'9" H IM8 makes a really nice rod for small to medium sized gliders. It has just the right amount of softness to really get lures like the Phantoms, Drop Belly Slammers, Fat Boys, and Vipers going. The 7' MH IM7 is a good light bucktail rod, but is no longer amoung the six rods I carry in the boat.
The difference between the IM6, IM7, and IM8 is significant in my opinion. The IM8 is by far the strongest and lightest of the three. You get a much nicer rod for another $10 over the IM7 and the IM7 also seems to be much nicer than the IM6. I would compare the IM8 to other rods retailing for about twice as much. Actually, my high-end Fenwicks ($175 retail) have been turned into backups/loaners after I got the IM8s.
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Location: St. Cloud, MN | Modulus is a very misused and misleading term in the fishing business. I know because I used to be in the business. What modulus really is is a stiffness to weight ratio. Because it is just this ratio there are many ways to manipulate this measurement. Example: a rod could be made changed from a IM6 rating to a IM8 rating by either adding stiffness and maintaining weight or by reducing weight and maintaining the same stiffness(action). If you looking to pick out a rod go for the one that is built the best and suits the purpose you are looking for the best. Modulus really doesn't matter. M2C. Q |
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| I always have been told that IM6,7,8 is teither the quality of graphite and amount of graphite used in a rod? |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | When it comes to the Gander rods, the IM8 rods are the best. I think that was the question.
In my book: Lighter is always better. The best rod stiffness depends on the application. |
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| It's not just the amount, or quality of graphite. In order to make any real difference (other than weight as opposed to fiberglass) the graphite fibers need to be bonded together along the top to bottom axis of the rod. Otherwise you lose lots of the sensitivity of the graphite but retain it's lighter weight. Unfortunately, it is not an inexpensive technique to line the graphite fibers up the longitudinal way.....that's what make really good graphite rods expensive. Now having said that....does musky fishing entail the touch needed to feel a walleye suck in and spit out a light jig? Nope.
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | Doc, in some ways, sensitivity is VERY important to Musky fishing. For example, take the Bulldawg. Fish do not always hammer it. Sometimes, when a musky hits it, it feels like a walleye hitting a jig, or a largemouth sucking up a texas rigged power worm. That is the most obvious example I can give you. Less obvious- Yes, Musky-sized cranks have a lot of resistance. But, with experience with the lure, and a sensitive rod, you can tell if there is even a single strand of weed on it, or a bucktail for that matter. Sensitivity is more important to a Musky Addict than some realize. Just my opinion. |
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Location: Eagle River, Alaska | I stand corrected.....and would definitely have to agree with what you say. Maybe the fact I have never fished creatures or soft baits for musky....my musky fishing is still, and probably will, always be limited due to my extreme north location. The other is very true about being able to "feel" a single strand of weed which can cause just the most subtle change in vibration of a lure, or pull on a plastic. I have been fishing so much I don't often think of that.....it's second nature but can make a world of difference in the amount of unproductive time one may spend fishing.
I stand corrected in what you say,
Brian 
Edited by DocEsox 7/31/2005 11:53 PM
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | I like my Gander IM8 rods. I like to run spinner baits over and through the weed tops a lot and can feel every bounce. That gives me the feedback to present the lure right where I want. Now if "right where I want" was just the right place more often lately.....  |
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IM 6, IM7, IM8 Graphite rods