Redefine The Game Dec 2016 - Feb 2017 | Page 14

So what are the advantages of the Baitcaster? Big Lures The advantages are many but the main one is their ability to actually cast these lures all day and not have the angler seeking remedial massage and a session of physio the following day. This castability is achieved through the blank’s construction and the design of the rod. They were designed to cast big swimbaits for barra, mulloway and cod and these often weigh around the 40-120g mark. These lures are seriously big these days. The slower taper of the 14 V e n o m Baitcasting rods allows anglers to punch out long casts. The rods are more like the action seen in longer GT popping rods and some design features have certainly been borrowed from the GT popping rods in the Venom stable. That ability to load the rod without overloading the tip on the strongest of casts is paramount to the delivery system. The Venom baitcasters have this in spades.