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| So I am looking for a new 8’6” rod and need some advice. I live in Washington and there are very few rods I can buy in stores. What are some good rods under $200? Also hoping for something that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to ship. Thanks guys |
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Location: 15 miles east of Lake Kinkaid | Tackle Industries telescopic |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | Tooth tamer. Right around 200 and uses quality guides that won't fray line. |
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Location: Ashland WI | Another vote for Tackle Industries. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | TI no doubt. |
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| I like my TI rod, but you may want to consider the Okuma telescopic rods as well. Good quality and being telescopic, they should be easier to ship as well. I have several and like them. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | For the money I agree that TI is hard to beat. The Chaos rods look nice as well, and are similar to TI. I haven't used a new one, but Okuma would be worth looking at as well. |
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| Fenwick Elite Tech Predator. Very Nice Rod. Can typically find them for 160-180 bucks if you are willing to look. Great Rods. |
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Location: Ashland WI | I did put my vote in for Tackle Industries, but I also really like my Okuma rod. I also have a Bulldawg rod I like.
Don't think you would be unhappy with any of them. |
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Posts: 219
| ToothTamer 8'6" MH is great! |
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Location: Contrarian Island | The Cabelas Predator musky rods are actually very nice for the money. I know 2 guys that have them and they like them. they are also on sale right now for 97 bux... |
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Location: Duluth | Shimano sojourn or compre. Yea they aren't as light as some of the other rods but I've had several and love them. Can't beat the price either. |
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| I'm kind of bias toward St. Croix, been using them for nearly 30 years. But for the price range u mentioned, that puts u in Mojo and Premier categories. Kdawg |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | I have always said TI, but we have now broke 4 in the last 2 years. Stuff happens, I guess. If i was to buy new I would try Chaos rods.. |
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| Washington??? Do you steelhead fish,,a nice medium action 9 ft 2 piece rod like the tackle industries medium heavy would also make a good drift rod for northwest steelhead and salmon. |
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| I second the Cabela's rod. I have one spinning and one casting. Nice rods...davemp |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | Tackle Industries BEST ROD for the $$$$$ Plus the Best Warranty |
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Location: ontario | X3 on the cabelas rod. |
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Location: SE Wisc | I’ve never broke a St Croix premier. Excellent customer service too
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Posts: 106
| tooth tamer or choas tackle rods are both good rods. |
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| I like the bulldawg rod for the money.I dont have a t.i. or chaos rod.I had a problem with st croix service center.They had a defective product on a new rod I bought,and they wanted me to pay the shpping charges,I said are you guys crazy?I paid less to get it fixed locally, I hope this is not the case there anymore.The old gander mountain rods were great rods,too. |
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| chaos tackle |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | St. Croix Premier gets my vote. I have put these rods to the test over the years and have never broken one. |
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Posts: 63
| I’ll also say the Cabelas rod. Really good for the money! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Check out the new Vexan Big Game casting rod. Priced right, a sister company to TI, and superb quality. Strong buggers too, people have caught huge sharks on the rods. One of our favorite 9' models is a Vexan. Nice looking rod, too. |
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Location: Germantown, WI | I have Tackle Industries 9' XH Telescoping, Okuma 8'6" XH Telescoping, Okuma 9'3" XH Telescoping and the Cabela's Predator. I like them all. The Cabela's rod is not telescoping and it's handle is about 6" shorter than I would like, but the blank, guides and reel seat are fine. I broke off the top 5 inches of my TI rod a few years ago so not it's more like 8'7". I still use it, but not as much. I use both Okuma rods a lot and really like them. You can't beat the price of the Okumas. Buy them through Amazon and you will get free shipping. |
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| Right now I have the 8 foot medium heavy Cabelas predator. I am looking for a 8’6” and all they have is x heavy. 3 1/2-10 oz. Not sure if that would be overkill. I don’t throw many heavy baits, would be throwing mostly lures a little below the rating. Do you do well with baits under their rating? |
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Location: Lake County Illinois | Okuma + a lifetime warranty . |
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| Bigbucks1985 - 9/13/2018 1:12 PM
Right now I have the 8 foot medium heavy Cabelas predator. I am looking for a 8’6” and all they have is x heavy. 3 1/2-10 oz. Not sure if that would be overkill. I don’t throw many heavy baits, would be throwing mostly lures a little below the rating. Do you do well with baits under their rating?
You will be fine with lighter baits. I have way too many rods but when I have my Big Nasty in hand I can pretty much throw any bait in the boat with it well. rated 3-9oz I believe |
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| Cabelas now. Used to be TI but there prices have skyrocketed the last 5 years. Used to be less than 100 bucks for a 9 ft rod. |
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