Heavy duty bottom bouncing blank.

[benno_r]

The situation:

8-15kg Red Emperor and rankin cod in 70m of heavily shark infested waters. Saltiga 6500 with PE8 (120lb).

Only way we could guarantee landing a fish was to pump and wind like a madman, allowing no drag to be taken (30kg of drag), or no stopping coming up at all. I am currently using a rod I built from a PE9 black hole blank.

My friend wants a 6ft blank capable of running the same reel under the same conditions, and I was thinking one of the following 2 blanks:

Calstar GF760XH, or Seeker Hercules GTS60XH. Looking to move away from the Japanese jigging style blank for this build.

What do all you building gurus think?

Cheers,
Ben

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[Daintreeboy]

Strewth Ben you would be better off using a deck winch, cheaper too and easier on the arms!!

[benno_r]

Strewth Ben you would be better off using a deck winch, cheaper too and easier on the arms!!

Bah, no fun in that!

And not really in the spirit of the group we fish in. I got shouted down for suggesting an electric reel! Lol

Cheers,
Ben

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[Daintreeboy]

You know unless you already have the reel this style of fishing might be better suited to a rail rod. Put a Torsa on it and you might find it easier on the body. Maybe spiral wrap the rod to stabilise it.

[benno_r]

You know unless you already have the reel this style of fishing might be better suited to a rail rod. Put a Torsa on it and you might find it easier on the body. Maybe spiral wrap the rod to stabilise it.

Unfortunately, he owns a Protector, which is like an oversize rubber ducky, so it has no rails...

He already has a Torsa 30 on a Pe8 United Composites jig stick, but we find the big spinners are better to pull them up with their stability on the rod.

Although the Torsa did manage a 70kg Estuary cod from 80m on Saturday!

Cheers,
Ben

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[Daintreeboy]

I hear ya. That's why I have a Saltiga Expedition as well. I use a T curve 400 (you know you might be able to get a 500 for this?). I'm keen to see whether this spiral wrapping is as good as what they say in stabilising the torque wobble. I plan to build one this year to find out.

[JB]

I have a custom loomis spiral in classifieds section, can't really ship thou..

[Lymphocyte]

I've built on the Hercules 60H before and they are a faster action than the japanese parabolics, but might still have a bit too much give for 'skull dragging'. The calstar should be better suited, but it will be a bit heavier and cumbersome than the seeker.

[eureka]

Ive built two rods on the st croix blanks model 2SWC70HF one a standard over head and one with a spiral wrap rated for 100lb braid and ultra light can also be built up as a spinning outfit jump online and have a look if you want
cheers matt

[Out-Station]

Ben, i built a heavy duty bottom basher on a calstar 600H. 6 footer, HEAPS of grunt (50/80 pound braid), fast action (not parabolic), bit o tip to feel the bites, i can vouch its bloody strong rod, its had some serious redline abuse on deepwater reefies, sharks etc. I run a saltist 30 Lever drag on it (wish i had a torsa), the next one i build will be a spiral as i recon that will be a further improvement.

Scott

[Stuart]

I know Garry Howard has some old stock of Calstars he wants to sell, would pay to give him a call. Let him know Stu sent you.