Powell Endurance 765 MMH Fast Casting

[NorCalBassn_PJ]

Just ordered an Endurance 765 MMH Fast Casting on TW for the Christmas sale. Will this be a good multipurpose rod for shmedium glides, 3/4-1oz football jigs/swingheads, A-Rigs and smallish Swimbaits? Is the tip fast and sensitive enough for a jig or bottom contact presentation in deep water? Any reviews would be cool. I love the Powells I have. Just wondering how everyone who has this rod likes it. 

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I just got my Endurance 775 in last week. It was a warranty replacement for my Max3D I had for 3 years. From my understanding the two lineups share the same blank, with the Max getting nicer guides/cork/etc. I was a little disappointed with the cork quality on the Endurance, but I’m a form>function guy, so not a dealbreaker for me. 

 

It’s probably my favorite rod I own. Incredibly light and balanced, very, very sensitive. I used to hate dragging a football jig in deep water before this rod. it’ll launch a 3/4 oz football jig d**n near out of sight. 
 

It is absolutely definitely NOT a glidebait rod. It’s a broomstick, you’ll rip any sort of treble hooks out without even trying. 
 

It is a fantastic frog rod. I’ve pulled some biggins out of some really gnarly cover, and with relative ease. Smaller frogs can be a challenge to get out far due to the tip being so fast. Might be easier with the 765, I know the tips not as fast on it. 

 

Paired with the right reel, the weight and balance of the rod makes it easy to pitch/punch all day without much fatigue. 

 

[NorCalBassn_PJ]

Yeah I’m hoping the 765 will be a jack of all trades type of rod. I have a feeling it will be. I don’t need it to do anything spectacularly. Just most things listed above pretty decently. I definitely figured the 775 would be a broomstick type rod but I fish mid-gauge jigs at best so I didn’t need a broomstick anyway because I would bend the hooks out. I fish clear Spotted Bass reservoirs mainly so I need something to be versatile enough to throw a few different things well 

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5 minutes ago, NorCalPJ29 said:

Yeah I’m hoping the 765 will be a jack of all trades type of rod. I have a feeling it will be. I don’t need it to do anything spectacularly. Just most things listed above pretty decently. I definitely figured the 775 would be a broomstick type rod but I fish mid-gauge jigs at best so I didn’t need a broomstick anyway because I would bend the hooks out. I fish clear Spotted Bass reservoirs mainly so I need something to be versatile enough to throw a few different things well 

The 775 and 765 are honestly so similar, in my opinion, I’m not sure why they manufacture both. It has a lot uses, but it’s not a “7 ft mh, do it all” type rod.
 

If you’re gentle with hookset, you shouldn’t bend anything out besides hooks on the lighter side. 

[NorCalBassn_PJ]

I didn’t mean it in the sense of do-it-all but in the sense of heavier duty or bigger type bait do it all. Obviously won’t be throwing a shaky head or drop shot or ned rig or anything like that on it. And obviously won’t be throwing 8-10” hudds or deps 250s on it either. But just about everything in the middle of that, aside from a couple other baits, I believe it will be good for. But was hoping someone who has the exact model would chime in at some point lol. No offense though.

[genericname]

How are you NorCal. How did that Powell rod work out? I am thinking of getting a 765. thanks

[Diggy]

1 hour ago, genericname said:

How are you NorCal. How did that Powell rod work out? I am thinking of getting a 765. thanks

I have the same rod, it's a good general purpose rod. I have used it for almost every lure including up to 3oz swim baits (tiny klash, gantarel, etc). If you have any questions you can send me a message since this is an older thread.

 

[Fishydishy]

Hello everyone! I am thinking of getting the 765 for flipping. The rod weighs 3.7oz on their website. That’s too light to be true. Can someone confirm please.

[Diggy]

23 hours ago, Fishydishy said:

Hello everyone! I am thinking of getting the 765 for flipping. The rod weighs 3.7oz on their website. That’s too light to be true. Can someone confirm please.

It's really about 1 oz heavier. It was 4.7 oz on my food scale with the plastic on the cork.
I put the weight on tackle tour's database. It's still light, but not that what is stated.

My zbone nfc x-ray 7ft3 mh was 3.8oz for comparison. Powell is 3 inches longer and rated to 3oz, not sure why they stated 3.7 oz rod weight. 

[Fishydishy]

20 minutes ago, Diggy said:

It's really about 1 oz heavier. It was 4.7 oz on my food scale with the plastic on the cork.
I put the weight on tackle tour's database. It's still light, but not that what is stated.

My zbone nfc x-ray 7ft3 mh was 3.8oz for comparison. Powell is 3 inches longer and rated to 3oz, not sure why they stated 3.7 oz rod weight. 

thanks for the info. how does it balance?

[Diggy]

17 minutes ago, Fishydishy said:

thanks for the info. how does it balance?

With a regular Tatula it'll balance well. It's tip heavy with lighter reels, but doesn't really bother me. I normally have a 200 sized reel on it since its kind of all purpose from soft plastics to smaller swimbaits. The taper is nice also. It took a backseat to my Majorcraft Days in the all purpose dept. since I can throw 3/8-6oz on it.

[Fishydishy]

On 9/26/2022 at 3:44 PM, Diggy said:

With a regular Tatula it'll balance well. It's tip heavy with lighter reels, but doesn't really bother me. I normally have a 200 sized reel on it since its kind of all purpose from soft plastics to smaller swimbaits. The taper is nice also. It took a backseat to my Majorcraft Days in the all purpose dept. since I can throw 3/8-6oz on it.

Hey man, can you double check the weight of your rod? I got the 735c, and it weighs 5.5oz, balance point is at the hook keeper with a heavy reel. 

[Diggy]

6 hours ago, Fishydishy said:

Hey man, can you double check the weight of your rod? I got the 735c, and it weighs 5.5oz, balance point is at the hook keeper with a heavy reel. 

The weight is accurate that I posted on my model. I got the rod when it fist released so your rod either weighs more due to being counterbalanced or the blank has changed.