jigging and popping prototype rod

gilhop · 11-01-2009, 07:05 PM

kil were the new type rods you were talking about the white blanks with the red wraps what kind of blanks are they

Captn Joe · 11-02-2009, 12:48 PM

gilhop,

getting tired of looking at your Parker hat, - When are we going fishing??
CaptnJoe

gilhop · 11-02-2009, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Captn Joe

gilhop,

getting tired of looking at your Parker hat, - When are we going fishing??
CaptnJoe

well i have been tied up the whole month of oct with a bad knee ans several procedures and a ugly spot removed from my left forearm start some pt on mon and should be ready to go very soon

KSONG · 11-02-2009, 05:29 PM

The is a prototype popping rod brought by Shin, Korean TV fishing host when they filmed bluefin fishing in Cape Cod.
I hardly believed when Shin said the fragile popping rod can lift a 100 lbs object.
Shin left the rod for me to test when he went back to Korea and I had an opportunity to test the rod when another Korean fishermen came after Shin left.
The rod doesn't have much backbone for big bluefin as the rod is for inshore popping. But I wanted to test the strength of the rods as they claimed it can lift a 100 lbs object.
As you see in the picture below, the rod was bent like a circle by a big 180 lbs bluefin, but it didn't break !!
The new carbon feels like a glass rod rather than a graphite rod.
they are soft and flexible. However they say they can make stiffer by adding other materials.
Just imagine a unbreakable rod with right action with enough backbone, and weight as light as graphite.
I can't wait to test prototype rods with my specs which they are making now.

phillyfishing · 11-03-2009, 01:43 PM

would love a rod like that for deep water fluking

aj bruno · 11-03-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by phillyfishing

would love a rod like that for deep water fluking

Do you think you should go 200grm or 400grm?

paul708 · 11-03-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by aj bruno

Do you think you should go 200grm or 400grm?

i think a 220g with a backbone of a 370g and the tip of a 325g. with the power of a 600g
that can be used for pe2to6 if using colorcoded line. and pe3-6 if regular pe line.
materials using s glass with some carbon added and a little eglass, just a smidgen of graphite, and maybe a blue tint

seriously..250g

Capt. Chad B., PE · 11-03-2009, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by paul708

i think a 220g with a backbone of a 370g and the tip of a 325g. with the power of a 600g
that can be used for pe2to6 if using colorcoded line. and pe3-6 if regular pe line.
materials using s glass with some carbon added and a little eglass, just a smidgen of graphite, and maybe a blue tint

seriously..250g

Sounds like a real skate...er um...fluke slayer

phillyfishing · 11-05-2009, 04:49 PM

i need to learn how to catch those big fluke.... so i will need a rod like that

and i was thinking 250g would be cool too.. from the pics looks like i would like the action of the rod.. some day i will get a flounder over 10lbs.. oh wait i have 5 already

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11-02-2009, 05:29 PM	#4
KSONG Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ Posts: 2,173	The is a prototype popping rod brought by Shin, Korean TV fishing host when they filmed bluefin fishing in Cape Cod. I hardly believed when Shin said the fragile popping rod can lift a 100 lbs object. Shin left the rod for me to test when he went back to Korea and I had an opportunity to test the rod when another Korean fishermen came after Shin left. The rod doesn't have much backbone for big bluefin as the rod is for inshore popping. But I wanted to test the strength of the rods as they claimed it can lift a 100 lbs object. As you see in the picture below, the rod was bent like a circle by a big 180 lbs bluefin, but it didn't break !! The new carbon feels like a glass rod rather than a graphite rod. they are soft and flexible. However they say they can make stiffer by adding other materials. Just imagine a unbreakable rod with right action with enough backbone, and weight as light as graphite. I can't wait to test prototype rods with my specs which they are making now.

11-03-2009, 01:43 PM	#5
phillyfishing Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: philly... bridesburg. Posts: 15,355	would love a rod like that for deep water fluking

11-05-2009, 04:49 PM	#9
phillyfishing Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: philly... bridesburg. Posts: 15,355	i need to learn how to catch those big fluke.... so i will need a rod like that and i was thinking 250g would be cool too.. from the pics looks like i would like the action of the rod.. some day i will get a flounder over 10lbs.. oh wait i have 5 already