New tatula rods and reels

[punch]

On 2/9/2019 at 9:12 PM, Joshua van Wyk said:

Any opinions on the tatula spinning rods? I'm looking at picking one up as an all around finnese rod to go with a Tatula lt 2500 

A local tackle shop has the new Tatula Spinning rods in and I have to say.. I was very impressed. The grip is very acceptable and the rods seem to have above-average balance. They didn't seem tip heavy at all. The fit & finish is typical Daiwa standards, which is always VERY good. These look like $140-160 rods. They don't look or feel cheap in any way. Seem worthy of the price, ascetically. 

 

I'm burying the lead though because what really impressed me about the rods was the soft tips. The new Tatula casting rods have VERY stiff actions. The tips are a little over powered and feel "broomsticky", which kinda reminds me of the previous gen tatula casting rods (I actually highly suggest going with Tatula Elite casting rods vs the Tatula casting rods because of this.) The elite casting rods have much much better action. I was worried this stiffness would be present in the spinning rods, but it's not. 

 

The spinning rods have accurate actions and have tips that I would appreciate for finesse fishing. Honestly they reminded me a lot of a Zodias, which is a very good thing. 

 

The tatula spinning 6'10 M and 7' M both felt like fantastic rods... I would use em. 

 

However these thoughts are just me bench-testing them in the store. 

[Joshua van Wyk]

6 hours ago, punch said:

A local tackle shop has the new Tatula Spinning rods in and I have to say.. I was very impressed. The grip is very acceptable and the rods seem to have above-average balance. They didn't seem tip heavy at all. The fit & finish is typical Daiwa standards, which is always VERY good. These look like $140-160 rods. They don't look or feel cheap in any way. Seem worthy of the price, ascetically. 

 

I'm burying the lead though because what really impressed me about the rods was the soft tips. The new Tatula casting rods have VERY stiff actions. The tips are a little over powered and feel "broomsticky", which kinda reminds me of the previous gen tatula casting rods (I actually highly suggest going with Tatula Elite casting rods vs the Tatula casting rods because of this.) The elite casting rods have much much better action. I was worried this stiffness would be present in the spinning rods, but it's not. 

 

The spinning rods have accurate actions and have tips that I would appreciate for finesse fishing. Honestly they reminded me a lot of a Zodias, which is a very good thing. 

 

The tatula spinning 6'10 M and 7' M both felt like fantastic rods... I would use em. 

 

However these thoughts are just me bench-testing them in the store. 

Thanks for the analysis! Seriously considering one now. I noticed the medium models are rated 1/8-3/4 oz, is this accurate? It seems very heavy for what I'm looking for. And the medium light models are rated 1/8-3/8 which seems to light for what I'm looking for, as I want the rod to be able to throw ned rigs and drop shots but also have the power and backbone to fish wacky senkos and not need to worry. Am I making sense or just overthinking things?