chris c nash Wrote:
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> Depends which model you're talking about , I would
> look at the Vapor Trail as being most like a
> GSB1201L.
>
> CTS is the only company I know that will build a
> rod to your exact specs if what they already offer
> doesn't fit the bill . If you explained to them
> that you're looking for a 10' Surf blank that is
> slightly lower in power with a slightly
> softer/faster tip than a GSB1201L they can build
> you exactly that but you would have to pay a
> design fee . I doubt CTS has a GSB for reference
> but what they can produce would be very very close
> to what you requested .
>
>
> I told them what I wanted and it was manufactured
> to perfection and is dead on to what I requested.

That is good to know! Good thread.

So has no one had hands on a GSB AND say a Vapor Trail to compare? Are there any builders in the Willamette valley that have had a chance to compare the 2?

Derick Jahnke Wrote:
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> So has no one had hands on a GSB AND say a Vapor
> Trail to compare? Are there any builders in the
> Willamette valley that have had a chance to
> compare the 2?


You said that the vapor trail was out of you price range. The 10' 2-4oz would fit the description of what you're looking for though.

I might be able to swing it. You think the 2-4 would fit the bill? What about the 1-3?

The lighter version is rated 1.5-3oz on the cts website. The ratings are off on both and the 2-4oz is more like 3/4-2.5oz in actuality. I hardly ever use the 1.5-3oz because it throws the lighter stuff marginally better but tops out around 2oz. Talking full power casts, of course you can back off and throw a little more with each rod.

Spencer Phipps Wrote:
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> Have you looked at the Batson Rainshadow 10 ft?


Spencer,
I have been eyeballing the 2 lighter blanks they offer....just have nothing to compare them to.