Whole in the Water
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I solved this issue by gluing on some nice thick, long rubber butt caps - works great.
10' plus Moocher / Downrigger rod recomendations
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ReelSlim
Crew Member
Yeah definitely other ways to repair them. I was just disappointed that they broke after a few days. Great rod but they need to modify them if they are a trolling rod…..imo
bryce
Crew Member
Those abu Garcia’s are absolute junk I bought a couple a couple years ago first one snapped putting downrigger down second one snapped first bite got 2 replacements both broke almost instantly again replaced again havnt fished them again collecting dust
Abu Garcia® Diplomat® Mooching Rod | Cabela's Canada
• HSC construction • Fuji® Alconite™ guide system • Full cork foregrip for added comfort Engineered to perform in extreme conditions, the Abu Garcia® Diplomat® Mooching Rod features HSC blank construction designed to handle high pressure trolling situations. The under wrapped Fuji®...www.cabelas.ca
barkerfam
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I bought one as well and will give it a try. Not impressed with the minimal rubber on the butt end. Will see how it fishes!
scott craven
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Whatever their sponsors give them free.
Whole in the Water
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You have had Shimano Techniums explode on you? Or some old Convergence rods known to be brittle?
If you have a crack or nick in any graphite rod it can break. No graphite based rod is fully bullet proof. If you want a truly bullet proof rod then you probably want a rod with lots of fiberglass in it. Heavy, less sensitive, but harder to break. Maybe check out Ugly Stick?
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hippaisland
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Shimano Technium - medium heavy. Lot of the lodges run them. I run them. Haven’t ever seen one break personally and have thousands of hours fishing them over the years. They’re bullet proof and not too pricey. Can’t comment on their newer ones that are blue though.
Not techniums. Old old ones. Probably 25 year years old. I've never broken a Lamiglass or even replaced any guides.
Rain City
Crew Member
Titan's are better. The new ones just blow up here and there. Meh.
Saskasomebody
Member
I can live with it lol I just like them
Rain City
Crew Member
Couldn't agree more lol. People just don't understand.
scott craven
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Not unless they've owned and fished them.
advTHXance
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i use 10'6 MH shimano techniums at home.
at the lodge we have an assortment of sages and techniums. I personally prefer the techniums because i dont like replacing tips every week.
good value for your money and comes with a warranty!
at the lodge we have an assortment of sages and techniums. I personally prefer the techniums because i dont like replacing tips every week.
good value for your money and comes with a warranty!
BC Coast Pilot
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These, Cork handle upper for grip and carbon fibre down below for getting out of the rod holder, also has an aluminum reel foot. Apparently they were modelled after the older Fenwicks, similar to a 1265 which was my favorite rod of all time. It weighs only an ounce more than those rods but has more eyes so probably equivalent. I run the 10' 6" RE3F. Trotac has them. Reasonably priced. Something else, I tried some rods with plated eyes, they chipped. these rods have stainless eyes.
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I had three Abu Garcias break in a month. They warranty them and told me they had a bad batch. But I couldn't trust them anymore. I switched to st Croix after that for my short rod and sage for my long rod. The st Croix is rare but awesome.
Are they tough?
