Looking at casting rods

[WPCfishing]

Information need on the Daiwa BLX and the GLoomis NRX+
 

I’m considering both, price does come into play. I have heard there are deals around on the GLX+. Would still be higher priced than the Daiwa. 
 

looking forward to hearing your experiences with these rods. 
 

Thank you. 

[newapti5]

I have a Daiwa BLX rod, 7' MH extra fast. Craftsmanship is quite nice, but as a do-everything model, it's a bit on the stiff side. Sensitivity is a personal thing. I don't own a NRX+, but I'd say BLX's sensitivity is on bar with my GLX. I got it on 50% off during the sales of Sierra. 

[ABrugs]

I'll be following this thread as well, @WPCfishing. I'm really interested in the NRX+ MBRs. Thanks for posting!

[WPCfishing]

I just purchased two NRX+ rods from ***.  They gave me a discount. Nice! 
Daiwa rods were totally out of stock.

Bought the 7’1” medium extra fast and the 7’5” heavy fast. 
Happy to know they have the Ci4 reel seat which is my favorite. 

1 hour ago, ABrugs said:

I'll be following this thread as well, @WPCfishing. I'm really interested in the NRX+ MBRs. Thanks for posting!

The MBR rods were not in stock. 
I’m interested as well, still interested in the Daiwa rods! Opinions appreciated. 
Can I get a link to Sierra please!!!

[softwateronly]

19 hours ago, WPCfishing said:

Information need on the Daiwa BLX and the GLoomis NRX+
 

I’m considering both, price does come into play. I have heard there are deals around on the GLX+. Would still be higher priced than the Daiwa. 
 

looking forward to hearing your experiences with these rods. 
 

Thank you. 

 

19 hours ago, newapti5 said:

I have a Daiwa BLX rod, 7' MH extra fast. Craftsmanship is quite nice, but as a do-everything model, it's a bit on the stiff side. Sensitivity is a personal thing. I don't own a NRX+, but I'd say BLX's sensitivity is on bar with my GLX. I got it on 50% off during the sales of Sierra. 

 

I also got my 172BLXH+ on the Sierra deal, and I like it for heavy jigs (5/8-3/4oz) in thick weeds.  But for the same exact techniques, I slightly prefer my Expride 7'3XH.  I think this particular BLX model might be the weakest of their offerings and don't recommend it at msrp.

 

scott

[WPCfishing]

On 11/11/2021 at 7:04 AM, softwateronly said:

 

 

I also got my 172BLXH+ on the Sierra deal, and I like it for heavy jigs (5/8-3/4oz) in thick weeds.  But for the same exact techniques, I slightly prefer my Expride 7'3XH.  I think this particular BLX model might be the weakest of their offerings and don't recommend it at msrp.

 

scott

The Expride is tough to beat. I have 5 of them. NRX+ rods arrived. I wasn’t impressed. The weights were much higher than advertised and very tip heavy. 
Emailed for a RMA. Disappointed.

 

[softwateronly]

11 hours ago, WPCfishing said:

The Expride is tough to beat. I have 5 of them. NRX+ rods arrived. I wasn’t impressed. The weights were much higher than advertised and very tip heavy. 
Emailed for a RMA. Disappointed.

 

You're definitely right about the exprides.  I have 3 of them and 5 higher priced rods and in hindsight probably should have gotten more exprides rather than some of those others.  The 7'6" MH is just perfect for me.

 

scott

[WPCfishing]

On 11/14/2021 at 9:27 PM, softwateronly said:

You're definitely right about the exprides.  I have 3 of them and 5 higher priced rods and in hindsight probably should have gotten more exprides rather than some of those others.  The 7'6" MH is just perfect for me.

 

scott

The NRX+ 7’5” was 5.5 oz. not bad at all but the rod is extremely tip heavy. 
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Both my Expride and Daiwa 7’6” rods are as light or lighter and they balance perfectly.