WistfulWoodsman

Yes that is is the one I was considering, it's just a little long for my taste since the multi piece rods are 10 inches shorter than the tube.

Looking for two tubes, one for single piece rods from 6' to 7'6'' (hoping for room for 4-6 poles) one for multi-piece rods from 23'' - 34'' (again 4-6 poles) Was considering something like the jackalope rod tube for the multipiece, but it's about 10" longer than I'd like. Thanks in advance!

Ben @ thehookuptackle compared the wind buster to the newer megabass triza ageha in the following video. Somewhere around the 15:00 mark.

Hello there Calvin. I only managed to get out onto the water a few times these past months, but got to put in some work with the lopros. It doesn't handle lures on the lighter end as well as I'd hoped, won't really throw anything under an 1/8 oz or so comfortably, and even when paired with stradic 1000/2500 fl's the cast distance wasn't great with tatsu fluorocarbon unfortunately. I've reeled in probably 100 rainbows in the 1/4 - 1 lb range in that time and I'd say it's definitely overpowered for that application. I do like the rod however. Beautiful craftmanship, and very light. I think I just need to play to it's strengths more as I was testing with less-dense lures with line that was too heavy. Actually considering picking up the Yamasemi which is an F1 with swappable tips, or an F0 as I heard the Aello is pretty great and spinning rods generally have a little more flex than casting rods. If you would like to go heavier, I have not purchased the dragoon yet, and have not been able to find much feedback, but Megabass released their World Expedition models. Ben at theHookupTackle was raving about several of their models and the 4 piece rods actually break down to shorter than the triza's. I would consider going that route. I was actually planning on picking up the 7'11'' casting model but most of them are currently out of stock. Hope that helps!

Just got off the phone with Ben at thehookuptackle and he put me onto the lopros / grils for now for my current needs/plans. Going to learn how to use a bait caster, and then pick up a Dragoon/Stympalides later on as I throw more reaction baits than anything when I'm not on a boat. As for the Dragoon, he was telling me it may make it to America around June (hopefully).

Hello all, I'm getting back into fishing and planning on picking up a few of these rods for travel since I no longer have access to a truck, and like the videos/reviews I've seen so far for these rods. As for background, I grew up using spinning tackle, and have yet to transition to bait caster models, but would like at least one. These would be mainly land fishing with the occasional boat trip. Areas of usage will be mostly the Vegas area, but will include Utah, Michigan, and Florida ( Assuming I can get these on a plane ). TLDR; If anyone has experience with these models in particular, or would just like to weigh in, I'd appreciate help picking out 2-3 to cover my bases for the following species. Before you recommend other rods that are more reasonably priced, I like the styling of the JDM rods, and it is not really a concern. I do however need the rod to be 3-4 pieces for travel which limits my options to the Valkyrie/Triza lines for the most part. Species: Bluegill/Crappie Rainbow/Brown Trout Tilapia Smallmouth Bass Largemouth Bass Striped Bass Models : (* not yet available US) Casting: F0-63XTZ Aello......... Length: 6'3" Action: Slow....... Lure Capa: 1/32 - 3/16oz Line Cap: 2 - 7lb F2-66XTZ Sparna....... Length: 6'6" Action: MF......... Lure Capa: 1/8 - 1/2oz Line Cap: 6 - 12lb F3-67XTZ Grils.......... Length: 6'8" Action: MF......... Lure Capa: 1/4 - 5/8oz Line Cap: 6 - 14lb F4-69XTZ Thunderbird Length: 6'9" Action: Reg........ Lure Capa: 1/4 - 3/4oz Line Cap: 8 - 20lb F5-70XTZ StymPalides Length: 7'0" Action: MF.......... Lure Capa: 3/8 - 1oz Line Cap: 10 - 25lb F7-72XTZ Dragoon*.... Length: 7'2" Action: Reg/Fast tip Lure Capa: 1/2 - 3oz Line Cap: 12 - 30lb Spinning: F0-68XSTZ Hibali...... Length: 6'8" Action: Fast....... Lure Capa: 1/32 - 1/8oz Line Cap: 2 - 7lb F1-66XSTZ Yamasemi* Length: 6'6" Action: Fast/XF Solid Tip Lure Capa: 1/32 - 1/8oz Line Cap: 3 - 8lb F2-70XSTZ Lopros..... Length: 7'0" Action: MF.......... Lure Capa: 1/32 - 1/4oz Line Cap: 3 - 10lb F3-72XSTZ Ageha*.... Length: 7'2" Action: MF.......... Lure Capa: 1/16 - 1/2oz Line Cap: 3 - 10lb Models Considering: Spinning: Hibali ( In stock, and hopefully similar to performance of Aello) Lopros (Saw this one and was impressed) Casting: Aello ( Well reviewed for bfs) Grils ( Saw a video of this performing fairly well, though a little more flex than I'd like) StymPalides Any and all opinions are welcome. I can afford at most 3 for now, and already have a Stradic FL 1000 / Stradic FL 2500 for pairing with any of the spinning rods. Not sure what I'll pick up for the bait caster(s) but we have a stimulus check headed our way ;). Thanks for your time! -J