Your Meat May Be My Poison
According to many, the Calstar 760L is the best all round bottom bashing rod that exists on the face of this universe. I hear that it is practically indestructible! One of my friend swears by it and has brought up 80 kg ray on this rod. I have resisted the calstar temptation for 2 years primarily because I am a 2-piece rod devotee. This year in September, I abandoned my faith and customized for myself a 760L cropped to 5' 6''. It looks good particularly with my name engraved on it. Excitedly, I took it to Tanjong Pinang for it's first flirt with the creatures of the deep. I did not catch anything huge but I was really disappointed with the performance of the rod; I don't like the way it bends, it is too 'parabolic'. It lacks the stiffness and possibly the lifting power that I am so accustomed to in Japanese jigging rods. I may be a lonely voice in the sea of calstar followers but it is my rod and I am giving it up to the second hand market. I don't keep that which I don't use.
category: tackle talk
2 comments:
to me the only "weakness" of this rod is: It is a 1 PC rod. But I believe that is also exactly its strenght! funny isn't it?
I'm not border by the parabolic bend.. I rate it a better rod than my Penn. but given a choice I don't want a 1 PC rod any more..
Hope you sell it for a good price.
The rod is sold for a reasonable good price. There were many people interested in it, Calstar has many devotees ..
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