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| Actually James not only stands behind his rods.....he stands on them too!
Check out the pictures on his website.
www.tacklebooty.com
He is literally standing on the handle of his rod. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | I have a Okuma 9'3"XH and it is a great rod for the $$$$ but it is very tip heavy, I use this rod for Mag Super D Dawgs, had the TORO 60 reel on this rod but this combo was just to tip heavy, with a Toro 60 which is only 10.8oz so I put my Shimano CTE700 19oz reel on the Okuma 9'3" and now with a 19oz reel on the Okuma 9'3"XH the rod is a little more balanced. My friend has a Musky Armor rod and I have used it all day long with a ConQuest 400, 12.8oz for the ConQuest and with this reel the Musky Armor rod setup with the ConQuest 400 is very light and very well balanced, and it has nice thick grips, also it has a little softer tip then the Okuma 9'3"XH which I like for castings Mag Super D Dawgs. I have a Tackle Industries rod coming, can't wait. Alot of new rods coming out arond the $100.00 mark, which I think is great. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Here is my test for my extended rod handle design:
http://www.tackleindustries.com/muskypikerods.html
Thanks Pikemaster! You rod is on the way at a whopping 55mph right now 
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | Got my 9' rod from James on Friday and must say I'm quite impressed. It got 6 hours use throwing a big curlie sue and held up great. Best rod I have used for thowing them. Almost had 2, they were hot but not hot enough I guess. Also worked great on big blades and every other bait I tried with the exception of the Mag muskie treat. Throws mag bulldawgs like they are nothing. |
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| h20wolf - 10/21/2009 9:41 AM
Yeah it's nice to get a warranty with your purchase. I was informed that the okuma 9'3" weighs 12.6oz.
wow! 12.6 ozs...compared to the legend big dawg at 10.4 ozs that is 22% heavier! after using my legend dawg for a year or so i purchased a newly released musky rod, whose brand shall remain nameless but it was not an okuma or the musky armor mentioned here, because of its' lower price point and after using it for 2 hours set it down and then sold it within a week. for those that have never used a super light weight rod i suppose it wouldn't matter but once you do it is very difficult to go to a heavier rod because of the huge difference in physical weight...just my opinion...if other brands that claim "light weight" would list the physical weights of their rods they might just sell more! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | A 4 ounce difference I could be worried about. 1.8 ounces, not so much. I just don't think 1.8 ounces in a distributed over a 9' plus rod is that much. How long is the Legend? Is it 9'3" or more...or less? Just wondering. How many guides? How long is the handle? What type of reel seat? End Cap? All of those things contribute or subtract weight.
Balancing the rod makes it feel like it weighs almost nothing, and reduces fatigue tremendously. I wouldn't even think of using a Muskie rod without a balancer on it.
I've even just taped the correct amount of lead in lead 'tape' and even smooshed tire weights to the handle if all my balancers were in use. Beav showed me that a few years back..wish I had known about that much earlier! |
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