Duckett White Ice Casting Rods

[ipeeinmywetsuit]

Anyone thinking about purchasing one of these? I have a 7' M micro magic and I love it. These have the ultra micro guides and no taper/line/lure cap listed either.

[JHudd11]

Im debating

[tallen316]

I have talked to a local shop owner and others and they can't justify the $50 more ( not sure exactly the $$ difference )for the white ice. If you like a rod with a cork handle these have a foam grip. I held a 7'3" mh casting in both rods and I couldn't tell a weight difference. I love my micro magic and would purchase another one without a doubt.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

Ive searched a bit and came up empty on any further info. Like what are the blanks made of, guide inserts, weight. There is one video that claims 40% more sensitive cause the guides are closer to the blank.

http://www.worldfishingnetwork.com/videos/channels/getting-school-d-with-jp-derose/ducketts-white-ice-fishing-rods-230621.aspx

[smalljaw67]

My advise would be to wait until they have been out for a few months and then look for reviews. The reason is these rods were due out last year after ICAST but ended up being totally redesigned and in a strange coincidence the micro magic was a little behind in its release and when the first wave hit there was a ton of breakage issues with them. Now after 2 years it seems they fixed the breakage issue with the micro magic but the way this white ice has gone through design changes I think you would be better off waiting a bit.

[Lataman]

Looks like I'll be holding off on the white ice. I do love my magic though! Thanks for the info smalljaw.

[21farms]

i'm totally with smalljaw. the super long gestation period is a serious red flag to me. that and the significant redesign of the rear of the handles makes me wonder.

at some point, i'll probably pick up a duckett rod. still, i wasn't at all thrilled with the way boyd duckett threw e21 under the bus when he started his own rod company...that was not cool.

[MT2]

Arnt the White Ice rods technic specific designed by his pro staff pals? I listened to Duckett on *** radio a week or so ago and he discussed them briefly saying that it took Scroggins almost a year to get all the kinks out of the flipping stick he was helping with.

[ipeeinmywetsuit]

Arnt the White Ice rods technic specific designed by his pro staff pals? I listened to Duckett on *** radio a week or so ago and he discussed them briefly saying that it took Scroggins almost a year to get all the kinks out of the flipping stick he was helping with.

Yeah on tackle warehouse each rod has a pro's name and what it's meant for written underneath. Seems pretty straight forward though.