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Location: Roscoe IL | Anyone using this rod? I ordered one to try for a rubber/big blade rod w a tranx 500. Just wondering your thoughts on it |
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Location: Brighton CO. | Should work fine for you. I use X-heavy 9', first when bought the rod in 2017 you'd be hard pressed to find 10'6" second when I drive from Colorado to Minnesota/Wisconsin the 9' fits in my car better and as a man who stands in at few inches under 6" and fishes out of rental row boats the 9" in works good for me. I also use the Tranx 500 PG. This rod doubles as a Cowgirl Rod so I use the power gear. Good Luck with the new rod hope you like it. |
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Location: E. Tenn | chuckski - 6/22/2023 11:01 AM
Should work fine for you. I use X-heavy 9', first when bought the rod in 2017 you'd be hard pressed to find 10'6" second when I drive from Colorado to Minnesota/Wisconsin the 9' fits in my car better and as a man who stands in at few inches under 6" and fishes out of rental row boats the 9" in works good for me. I also use the Tranx 500 PG. This rod doubles as a Cowgirl Rod so I use the power gear. Good Luck with the new rod hope you like it.
Due to storage and transportation limitations, I too use TI 9' rods. The XH handles regular bulldawgs, and double 10s nicely. The XXH works best with mag dawgs and other lures in the 8 oz. range up. Pounders are a bit troublesome, but I don't throw those much anyway.
I'd say 12 oz. is the max load you'd want to put on the TI XXH. Your results may vary since you're using the 10'6" rod. |
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Location: Brighton CO. | My 9' XH is a Thorne Brothers rod and I called ahead to make sure they had one in stock (so they didn't have to mail it to me.)
But when I bought it "will it handle a Pounder?" Yes no problem, and that is true. I also have a 7' 10" XH G. Loomis "the old Trolling rod" and no way it comes close to handling a Pounder. As far as storage goes, well I've been in cabins where the ceiling is too low and had to lay them across the back of the couch. Long rods work great on the water but are a pain in the . . . . every where else. |
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Location: MN | I use the 10' XXH, mostly for rubber. It works fine for big blades and rubber. The heaviest I throw is ~14 oz, seems OK for that, but might not be ideal for the mega size stuff up in the 20 oz range.
Those rods are decent. At the price they used to go for, there wasn't much competition in that length. Now they are more expensive, and other options are noticeably lighter (Chaos 20/20, TB Stealth). I've also had some quality issues with them over the last 2 years. I've broke 4 rods under very normal usage, soon after getting them. |
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| I have one I use almost exclusively for big blades. I dig it. So easy to get great figure 8s with. I think it's rated for up to 16oz - I haven't tried, but can't imagine that would be a super fun experience. Probably stick with mag Dawgs and regular medussas if I was throwing rubber with it. |
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| I have one that I use for big swimbaits and rubber.
pros:
- indicated max casting weight seems to be accurate. Will cast a monster medussa well enought.
- the lenght of the thing means you get great casting distance.
- the telescopic mechanisme has worked smoothly and flawlessly so far.
cons:
- due to the lenght, it is a noticeably heavy rod.
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