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The trend for quite a while has been towards lighter stiffer more
powerful rods, most especially for long casting, but of course this
too has a downside. If you get a "cannon", it will be useless at short
range, unless you use heavy heads or similar, which will also preclude
any delicate presentation.

For general fishing, a rod with im6/Im7 carbon fiber may "generally"
be assumed to be a better tool. Some of the "high end" rods are only
realyl suitable for very verfy good casters, who are also looking for
distance. For very much fishing, this is however rather pointless.

For a long time now, many have been obsessed with distance, and this
can only be achieved with very fast powerful rods. Quite a few of
these things are awful fishing tools though.Quite apart from which,
most people are quite unable to load them with the rated lines.

I have used quite a few, but I certainly would not buy one, nor advise
anybody else to.

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Regards and tight lines!

Mike Connor

http://www.mike-connor.homepage.t-online.de/

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