What size rating would this rod be?

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Re: What size rating would this rod be?

Post by Tackleberry » Wed Sep 28, 2016 1:25 am

hmmm the tip looks a bit thick for a sub 4kg rod
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Re: What size rating would this rod be?

Post by smile0784 » Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:47 am

Sinsemilla wrote:What reel is that? looks like an abu 5k-6k? the rod looks about 5kgs to me. glass rods can usually take a beating and can handle much more than stated on the rod. Nothing north of the bay will outdo a rod like that. It will just take you a bit longer to muscle the fish in

The reel is a abu 5000 that i just fixed.

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Re: What size rating would this rod be?

Post by ducky » Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:08 am

As above. Tip looks too big to be a 2-4kg rod. My guess is 3-6kg

Give it a few Harry Potter wand twirls and then load it up. You can generally tell what a rods rating is pretty fast.

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