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| I just picked up a 9ft Ti xxh for $50 on eBay! I know this rod will rock pounders, I was wondering how it will cast 10's. It will be paired with a 700te for sure and possibly a tranx pg next year. I have a 9ft xh with a 400te but I want to use that for 8's, cranks, and topwaters. |
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| Personally a XXH is to stiff for my liking to throw light baits and still get top distance but maybe that is just me. Keep an eye on the eyelets for chipping on the Ti rods. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Hi Nolan. It will go "ok" for 10s but you really have to watch your reel drag setting for casting. I set mine so my lure drops about 5" per second and that will keep the backlashes down. I personally like the XXH for everything but the XH is a far better rod for the double 10s IMO.
James
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Location: Madison, WI | Sure wish I culd find a deal like that. |
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| lol.... Nolan, so you are the guy that outbid me $1 huh? 
That was a heck of a deal and very low shipping. |
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Location: NorthCentral WI | kroger3 - 11/12/2012 3:30 PM
Personally a XXH is to stiff for my liking to throw light baits and still get top distance but maybe that is just me. Keep an eye on the eyelets for chipping on the Ti rods.
I agree with everything Kroger said, including keeping an eye on the guides. I own both rods and the XH is definitely a better all around rod. The XXH is still good for 10's but your casts will suffer a bit as compared to the XH. I feel comfortable casting everything up to mag dawgs on the XH but do not snap cast with lures like mag dawgs, I know they're rated up to 12 oz but IMO lob cast anything much more than 8 oz. Believe me, they can and will break but I've now changed my casting habits with bigger lures. The XXH is better for bombing mags and up. Also, the XXH I have is a telescoping model so I'm not sure if that adds much weight but my XH is straight blank and feels much lighter. After fishing these rods pretty hard, the XH is no doubt an awesome blank. If possible, upgrading the factory guides in the future might be worth an extra few bucks as I know I've had the same chipping issue Kroger describes on both of my TI rods. Although, anytime I've had issues James has been a pleasure to work with. But I believe there is always opportuntiy for improvement and the durability may leave something to be desired. And that is 100% honest feedback. |
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| Maybe do the xxh with a 400te for rubber and the xh with a tranx pg for everything else except jerks |
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| Go with the 700te on the xxh for the big rubber if you can find one. |
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| If your set on a tranx and do not throw anything bigger then 10's I would consider the high speed over the power gear. It is pretty hard to burn blades all day on a power gear not to say you can't but you are going to wear yourself out but they are great for big blades. Burning 10's on the high speed is pretty easy and also works good for throwing rubber and pause pull baits due to you can pick up slack so quick.
Also if your a late season breaking ice throwing big rubber kind of person don't rule out a Trinidad. No level wind means not much for moving parts to freeze and lock up on you. |
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