I was wondering what you builders recommend for a heavy salt rod 80 plus for a aluminum curved handle and blank

Bill - willierods.com

In tubular I like Seeker's stuff. Not sure anyone makes any solid glass blanks anymore. They'd be heavy if so but not sure if there is any such animal these days.

Lamiglas RT-80 fiberglass is a great blank.

Seeker Hercules. Calstars .

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I tend to like Seeker Got several that love the Hercules

What of the Aluminum butt Anything that builders like more them others ?
Have not built yet so They all look good But

Bill - willierods.com

Hello Bill.

If you want short it's a Pac Bay 5'6" 80-130# PBX II: X2G56XXH, If you want long it's a 7' Super Seeker: SS3X5, 80#-Unlimited.

If you want stand-up in an 80#+(which is dangerous) it's a PBX II: X2ST56XXH-B, 5'6" 60-130# or a 5'6" 50(80)130# Seeker "E" Glass/Boron Stand-Up Tuna: S655XXH.

There are more choices if you give more info to zero in (Stand-Up, Chair, Wire, Trolling, Chunking, Kite...) on just what you need?!.


Tight Wraps.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.

What is the bent butt 80 being used for? Know some swordfish guys who like to fish the bent butts with electric reels down deep. We have 80's on some of our high speed Wahoo planer rods but these tend to be short. We troll for marlin, tuna with stand up gear being 6-6 1/2' and chair rods being 6 1/2 to 7'. Calstar, Seeker, Lamiglas and Batson all make good blanks but all ahve their subtle differences.

Thanks for all the info guys

I was wondering if any of the Aluminum butts I should stay away from They all tend to say the same thing about themselves
Yet the prices vary greatly Do any of you go for price or is the quality different between them
If the quality is the same Depending on how much the customer wants to spend

Bill - willierods.com

I like the pac bay aluminum. I don't see enough difference between them and the others to constitute the extra expense. Have built several aliuminum butt rods for stand up/trolling tuna no one has complained. I think the difference in price has to do with manufacturing costs and china has cheaper labor than US or Italy. I could b wrong though

That is why it is all built overseas Cheaper labor Then like others I look at the name brands and the Double cost Got me nervous

Bill - willierods.com