Big Lures
These rods are not designed to fish hard
bodied lures with jerky actions and the
like. They are designed for slow rolling
retrieves such as when using surface
lures, spinnerbaits and swimbaits.
They are too long and too robust to
effectively give a lure action when that
is needed. For example this is not the
rod you want to use for casting into
snags and twitching a diving minnow
out. It’s also not the rod needed for
throwing shallow diving minnows
like Bombers and B-52’s around with
that blooping retrieve they need. It
is the rod for casting and winding
though. And it is certainly the rod for
controlling big fish.
Fish around the 30lb mark are very
easily controlled on the 6kg version,
16
while the 8kg rod has landed fish up
to 80lb with room to spare. The Swim
Bait rod is perfectly suited to taming
massive fish with oversized cod a
walk in the park. In the words of Rod
Mackenzie “Don’t give them a chance
to get their heads down” and these rods
deliver that goal to the angler. If you
want to pull their heads off you can.
Rod has actually been ‘flipping over’
80cm cod easily – a process where you
literally flip the fish over to disorient it
and get it coming your way.