New rod suggestions

[wem21]

Hi guys, im looking for a new rod :D

itll be used for light soft plastics and for squid too

MUST be 2 piece mid join and 1-3kg or around that (like the 1-2kg rods ive seen around)

Budget around 250-300

itll be paired with a stradic fl 1000 most probably

any suggestions? Had a look at the itchy twitchy, and scratchy and they look nice, thoughts on them? ive no clue about shimano equivalents

cheers

[ronan]

bit cheaper but ive owned a td hyper 1-3kg for a year and caught 100s of fish on it and never had any problems, awesome rod. I had a feel of the itchy twitchy and scratchy a while ago but i couldn't feel any difference between them to be honest.

[Master Baiter]

Rapala Mcxwell 7' 2pc 1-3 kg 30 Ton Graphite Blank Spin Fishing. I have had this rod for a couple of years now I just love it so light and casts really well. I also have the 4-7kg . In my opinion and many Trout fisherman in Tassie they are excellent. About a $120.00 lots df change left over for a few plastics as well.
Wally

[Sebb]

itll be used for light soft plastics and for squid too

This is the tricky part.
1-3kg rods have light casting weight range (usually 1-9g), while those squid jigs can be heavy (e.g. 2.5 squid jig usually around 11g.).

For both plastic and squid jig, I'd say 2-4kg rod be more ideal.
Some 1-3kg rods have casting weight more than 9g, like NS Amped and Zodias, but often they are stiff / very fast action to be used for squid. If you're not too fussy, then any rods will do, but I still recommend 2-4kg if you're to use them for plastic and squid.

I used itchy twitchy before, the old model though, it was okay for the price (bought on sale), caught bream on plastic with it.

Checkout 2020 Tcurve, I reckon it'll be a good plastic and squid rod, it's two piece but the joint is just before the first ring from the handle.

[wem21]

itll be used for light soft plastics and for squid too

This is the tricky part.
1-3kg rods have light casting weight range (usually 1-9g), while those squid jigs can be heavy (e.g. 2.5 squid jig usually around 11g.).

For both plastic and squid jig, I'd say 2-4kg rod be more ideal.
Some 1-3kg rods have casting weight more than 9g, like NS Amped and Zodias, but often they are stiff / very fast action to be used for squid. If you're not too fussy, then any rods will do, but I still recommend 2-4kg if you're to use them for plastic and squid.

I used itchy twitchy before, the old model though, it was okay for the price (bought on sale), caught bream on plastic with it.

Checkout 2020 Tcurve, I reckon it'll be a good plastic and squid rod, it's two piece but the joint is just before the first ring from the handle.

alright yeah, im using a catana 1-3kg and i can cast like 3.5 4 squid jigs no worries it punches it right out there so im not too concerned about that. But yeah thanks, ill have a look at thr tcurve

[wem21]

Rapala Mcxwell 7' 2pc 1-3 kg 30 Ton Graphite Blank Spin Fishing. I have had this rod for a couple of years now I just love it so light and casts really well. I also have the 4-7kg . In my opinion and many Trout fisherman in Tassie they are excellent. About a $120.00 lots df change left over for a few plastics as well.
Wally

do you thhink it would be unbalanced with the stradic fl?

[Sebb]

alright yeah, im using a catana 1-3kg and i can cast like 3.5 4 squid jigs no worries it punches it right out there so im not too concerned about that. But yeah thanks, ill have a look at thr tcurve

No worries.
Sounds like you know what you're doing, just becareful casting those heavy squid jigs with more expensive rods.
More expensive rods tend to have more graphite materials, faster/stiffer. While you still can cast more than the ideal weight, just gotta be more gentle, you can break the tip otherwise. Don't abuse it like using a Catana or fibreglass rods.
Breaking $200-$300 rod be more painful than breaking a $60 rod.

[dazz999]

I have the daiwa scratchy rod a great light fishing rod but as sebb said i would,nt be using it with squid jig,s different type action

[purple5ive]

For that price get a td hyper and invest the rest id the $$ in a second hand squid rod from fb marketplace or similar areas.

[wem21]

For that price get a td hyper and invest the rest id the $$ in a second hand squid rod from fb marketplace or similar areas.

would the td hyper be mid join?