Thread: Question?

im building a ling rod right now and i have a pretty stiff blank and i was curious to know if with a stiffer rod, when bowed up on a fish, does it put more stress on your line?

What is your definition of a pretty stiff rod?

well its a rainshadow 9ft rx7 graphite and id say its a heavy action

Which rainshadow? 1088 or 1089? Either way, your arm should act as a sort of shock absorber when fighting a fish. Fish runs, you should give a little and when they stop put pressure on them.

1089 and oh ok thanks. So you think 16lb hi catch should be ok or should i go with 20?

Man the 1089 is a beast of a rod. I personally wouldn't fish anything smaller than 25lb test on it. It's way overkill for kings and you will destroy every bait thrown with it, and it going to take a big jig to load that blank up for casting.

After buying one of Jeb's high quality ling rods, I'd say listen to him carefully on proper selection--he knowss his stuff.

To answer your question, it will stress lighter lines. To use a heavy pole with light line, you almost have to fish with the pole straight out. A rod with a proper curviture makes a great difference in playing fish on light lines.

well dang... theres a 100 dollars wasted. well thanks for the info

Not wasted....just build a beast of a Ling Rod....If you build it...It will FISH...

haha i think ill just have to do that!