Graphite or glass?

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by RedSledTeam

Cool! So, I can resurrect my old 10' Sabre 540 Diamond wrapped personally by the Master "Yo" himself!

It'll work, big for a Daiwa 20.

Nice old rod... Whats the line class rating on that 540?

Jim

[bubblehide]

@ BrokeLoser, if you do go with an all graphite rod, you may want to use a 50-100 yard topshot of mono, so you have some stretch/give.

[BrokeLoser]

Originally Posted by bubblehide

@ BrokeLoser, if you do go with an all graphite rod, you may want to use a 50-100 yard topshot of mono, so you have some stretch/give.

Good point.
But what about a kelp cutter rig with only 4ft of mono or fluoro?

[bubblehide]

Originally Posted by BrokeLoser

Good point.
But what about a kelp cutter rig with only 4ft of mono or fluoro?

I'm glad to see that you got my point, of it not making it a good choice of being a kelp cutter rig; but can still be something nice to have in the quiver.

[T Bone]

That avet rod is also a composite.When they are 100 bucks they are a good deal though

[BrokeLoser]

Originally Posted by T Bone

That avet rod is also a composite.When they are 100 bucks they are a good deal though

Cool, so maybe its better after all that it's not 100% graphite.
For $90 I think I'll check them out

[BrokeLoser]

Here's the ad on Big5's website...notice they say it's a graphite blank. I wonder if they know what they're talking about.
Here's the link in case it doesn't show in the post.
http://big5sportinggoods.shoplocal.c...id=-2084462837


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[RedSledTeam]

Originally Posted by Jim Day

It'll work, big for a Daiwa 20.

Nice old rod... Whats the line class rating on that 540?

Jim

Yo rated it at 20 - 40lb at the full length of 10ft. He gave a rating of 50lb on the high side for the 540s that he trimmed 6 inches off the top. I matched it with an old Shimano Speedmaster IV (6:1) and fished 30#. Had lots of fun jigging yellows and calicos with it. Then I tried jigging for tuna ! The first tuna I hooked yanked the rod right out of my hands! That Albacore Tuna went 57lb!