Dobyns Fury Spinning Rod

[LunkerJunky]

I am looking at buying a new 7 foot medium spinning rod, and one of the ones I looked at was the Dobyns Fury. I have 2 of the Fury casting rods in medium heavy and heavy and I swear by them, but I have never held the spinning version in hand before. I was looking at several other well liked mediums, but I am drawn to the Fury rods because of my experience with the casting version. I was wondering if you guys had ever tried the spinning one yourselves and what were your thoughts on them?

[MN Fisher]

5 minutes ago, LunkerJunky said:

I was wondering if you guys had ever tried the spinning one yourselves and what were your thoughts on them?

I have the 703SF and the 702SF

 

Spend the extra $20 and get St Croix Mojo Bass

I've already upgraded my 703SF to a Mojo 7'1 M/F - next on the list is changing out the 702SF for a Mojo 6'10" ML/XF

[Valvodinho]

I have the 703SF Fury and don't care for it very much. I absolutely love my other Dobyns rods (granted they are all champion xps), but I think you have better spinning rod options other than the Fury

[FrnkNsteen]

I really like my Dobyns casting rods,... And have quite a few of them, but I dont own one single Dobyns spinning rod.

 

The main reason for my dislike is the grips. I hate a spinning rod with the threads at the front of the grip so your are holding bare threads. I much prefer a spinning rod with a foregrip, or at least one that has hidden threads. 

 

My spinning rod collection is made up of Fenwick, Falcon, Daiwa, and Phenix Feather. All of which have foregrips, threads at the bottom of the grip or at least hidden threads

[LunkerJunky]

5 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Spend the extra $20 and get St Croix Mojo Bass

Ok thanks. I have the St. Croix Mojo Bass in the 6' 10" ML paired with a Shimano Nasci. I love it. That was my second option

[MN Fisher]

1 minute ago, LunkerJunky said:

Ok thanks. I have the St. Croix Mojo Bass in the 6' 10" ML paired with a Shimano Nasci. I love it. That was my second option

I'm running a Miravel 2500 on my 7'1 M/F - the 6'10 ML will get the Ultegra 1000 currently on the 702SF

[Striper9]

7 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

I'm running a Miravel 2500 on my 7'1 M/F - the 6'10 ML will get the Ultegra 1000 currently on the 702SF

How do you like the Miravel? 

[MN Fisher]

Just now, Striper9 said:

How do you like the Miravel? 

So far only bench-tested it - purchased from Digitaka this past winter, bass season doesn't open for 12 more days.

 

Light, smooth...so far I'm impressed.

[Striper9]

1 minute ago, MN Fisher said:

So far only bench-tested it - purchased from Digitaka this past winter, bass season doesn't open for 12 more days.

 

Light, smooth...so far I'm impressed.

The believe it’s the first Shimano reel under 8oz for less than $200. Out of funds for new gear until next season.

[GetFishorDieTryin]

Fished a bunch of a buddys Dobyns, Fury and lower $ Champ spinning rods, rest were casting.  The Champ was nice, action was a little slower then I was used to, but rod loaded and performed well.  I just couldn't get past the lack of a locking nut on either of them.  If the reel seat was rear locking it wouldnt be nearly as much of an issue.  

IMO I think you can get a better rod for the $, and if you add another $20 you could get a Tatula which IMO blows Fury away.  Honestly, I would take Bass X over Fury.

[MN Fisher]

6 minutes ago, Striper9 said:

The believe it’s the first Shimano reel under 8oz for less than $200. Out of funds for new gear until next season.

Ya - both the 2500 and 3000 are at 7.2oz - the 1000 is 6.2...0.1 lighter than the Ultegra.

 

When I got mine - Digitaka's price was $107...now it's up to $116, and no tax or shipping charge really helps.

[Bird]

All my Dobyns are casting but can't imagine any dropoff for spinning.

Dobyns fury is a standard hard to beat. Imo 

[Striper9]

I stopped by a dicks sporting goods store and they had a bunch of mojo bass rods. I haven’t held any of these rods since the previous gen and am looking to upgrade for next season. I was unpleasantly surprised to see they stopped using Fuji reel seats. they put some cheap sea guide reel seat on. Even though the mojo are lighter than the fury’s and I’m not the biggest fan or the no foregrip on the fury I’ll stick with the fury. The rod overall felt “cheaper” to me

[jdr99a]

I’ve got fury casting rods and a 703sf spinning rod. I like the casting rods but think the spinning rods feel a bit too tip heavy for some reason.