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Recommendations for a ~60-150lb swordfish blank
Posted by: Patrick Coco (---)
Date: April 18, 2024 09:20AM

My brother is asking me to build a pair of bent butt swordfish rods for fishing out of Venice, LA. We typically drop around 5lbs of weight in the northern GOM and the 60-150lb class rods are preferred. Probably leaning towards a ~6' blank.

The first one I looked at is the NFC Xray Highliner 5880-1 but I have 0 experience with the Highliners. Also considering the Rainshadow RCTB56XXH.

Are there specific blanks from NFC, Batson or someone else I should be considering?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/18/2024 10:11AM by Patrick Coco.

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