David, the SJ is a much more powerful blank iMO it to me makes a fine all around stick. I use one for heavy shakey heads, light 4” open hook swimbaits, small to medium jigs and lighter Texas rigs.
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Very welcome
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Buy a second and strip it. Once rebuilt revel in the fact how bad factory rods suck!
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Bingham, Swampland, Get Bt
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Michael I did a full review of it earlier this year. Use the search button to find it
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Last I knew it was available from Bingham Enterprises, if Karen does not have it she should be able to point you in the direction of where to get it
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Justin, Well I just got off the water and the swim jig is where it was at for today. I had 9 bites and never missed one. The largest was a 6.76 and just for giggles I boat flipped it to see how the blank would take it. It handled it with ease. I am pleased so far. I have a tournament tomorrow and a state qualifier next weekend so I won’t be doing more “testing “ for a couple weeks. Tom
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I have mine built out and am doing testing on it this weekend. Will be using squarebills, swimjigs and 4”& under rage swimbaits.
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My comparison was burl cork to carbon
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Jeffery, Would a new 202 work better for ya? I am a Zebco distributor and may be able to help you out. I unfortunately don’t have access to parts
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Not even close to being lighter than carbon, but it is greatly reduced once it has been arbored
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Good point!
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After 20 years in the Marine Corps I have earned every right I will ever need, including the one to tell people what’s on my mind! I don’t need to be old and rely upon that excuse to get me by. It’s one thing to ask a question and be sincere in your interest, however; when you continually ask the same redundant questions over and over it tends to annoy people who have an interest.
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Phil why do you always ask the same question? It must be terrible to be so bored that you feel you must toy with everyone. It’s overwhelmingly annoying!!
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10” Ryobi chopsaw with finetooth blade. I have v blocks I set the blank in to stabilize while cutting and tape over are to be cut. Go slow and wear a mask to keep from breathing graphite dust. I only cut from the butt of the blank and have not used this to cut from tip side
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First class operation all the way
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Robert, Lance definitely has it!
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Keith, Are you sure you want one rod for both techniques? Generally a shakey head rod has more power than a drop shot stick.
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I am not sure if FTU is carrying it, you might check with Bingham or Get Bit
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Herb I find Gen 4 almost the exact same as Threadmaster. Glen you will not need heat to eliminate the bubbles, it has the best release I’ve experienced
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I have used it and didn’t care for it. Just seemed too soft once fully cured. I went back to regular Threadmaster but now use Gen 4
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Phil, How do you determine how “powerful “ a rod is? Is it the soulful, smooth bend you see ?
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David, they are some of the best you can put in your hand. Period!!
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Cool thanks for the help!!
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Pat look at all of the other sponsors, they will have the red thread you desire
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Jay, it was a pretty clean build for a production rod with decent components. I don’t care the the style handles that they use however if they are indeed the Northfork blanks then the price your paying really isnt too bad (as long as you can tolerate Eva)
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Got a chance to hold an Alpha Angler chatterbait rod today. The owner didn’t have time for me to compare but I would swear it was a Northfork NEO cut to 7’2”. Anyone have any insight on that?
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Matt the fee I listed includes consumables as well as labor, sorry for any confusion. Phil, thank you for catching that, I read too quickly and posted Tom
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Matt I used to charge a flat rate of 100/rod. I have since moved up to 150/rod
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Spencer, that one looks very promising!
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