Stewart 1971
Well-known member
Do you think it matters stewart on such a powerfull rod which has a thickish tip compared to say a really fine tip.on really slim lightweight rods like a profile or syncrho I can agree,but on m427's n zeteques etc surely not....Just wondered what you thought m8,not wanting to debate it or owt lol,cheers hh
Long time retired now but did a fair bit of field casting when I lived on the south coast. Lots of lads using M427su, Zeteque TXL, a few Dymic LT Bullets. All of them kept the build as light and minimal as possible - lightweight rings, butchers tape - in order to maintain the action and recovery of the rod.
That said at the end of the day we are talking about a fishing rod not a field rod and it is down to the individual how they want their rod to be built. My own thoughts would be if I'm spending a small fortune on a cutting edge design, lightweight carbon blank then I'd want as minimal a build as possible in order to keep the action as close to what the rod designer intended as possible. I'm sure others might disagree, but in my experience rods, rod actions and rod builds are all about feel and each individual has their own preference - light and minimal happens to be mine.
For big weights, heavy line and a Brighton cast the difference might be minimal, but strap on a 150g, .35mm line and pendulum cast and the difference in action will be noticible.
One final point, I'm not knocking Paul, his vids are generally very good, interesting and informative. But as you might have guessed I do think his rod builds are a bit OTT
although I have mates that are big into it.
