Bait Casting Spiral 8-20lbs

This a light bait casting outfit mainly use for bass fishing in freshwater lakes, but I am adopting for use in saltwater surface actions for bait fish and halfbeaks at buoy locations or off the rocks with a float device.

An excellent choice for smaller fish up to 2kg size or more. I witness landing a travelly up to 2kg with this rod and the action is incredible, it is looks almost like a u shape, it will take a while before the fish tired out. Both angler and fish have a good fair chance of fight to see who is the winner. It should be an excellent choice for Rabbit fish at wharf edge

Configuration
Blank : Unsanded 8-20lbs graphite
Handle: Hyperlon
Reel seat: Fuji Trigger S16
Guides: Fuji SIC guides 12 and the rest single footer size 6 and tip

The handle type is the split grip fashion that reduce the coverage of the hyperlon, making even lighter.
The choice of guide is the Fuji SIC which is one of the hardest and smoothest material on earth and even a thin running 10lbs could not cut through and heat generated is dispatched away soonest from the friction of the line.

Guide fashion uses of size 12 stripper guide and the rest of single footer arrange in a spiral manner to minimise torque, twisting of the blank and reduce breakage with graphite blanks that are both strong and brittle.

The choice of reel I chosen is the Chronarch 50mg that is lightweight with 10lbs braid, with up to 5kg drag. This combination produce a significantly light outfit to be handled all day long and could pose a struggle if you get fish that weighs in kg to start with, but it is good fun for all day long handling and surface actions, and especially with Rabbit fish that will have plenty of fights before it gives up.

I also use it for light bottom on the shallow waters. It proven sensitivity for nibbles will get you very small fish. I would recommend it for those adventurous fisherman who thinks they could outbeat the fish by providing a smaller gears to fight them instead of their overkilled gears.

Give a try to this suggested outfit and enjoy the fishing using lighter gears and more challenging fights. I will put up some pictures to illustrate the configuration. Hope this information could give you a chance of choice to your fishing needs.

Cheerio
Tacklebloke