abu garcia fishing rods

[lupe21]

i was wondering if any of you guys fished abu garcia fishing rods and if they are good i recently purchased 2 7 ft medium action one piece IM7 graphite Trigger Stick casting rods. The rods are Abu Garcia Ambassadeur SUPER 7 series model SSC701M for 80 bucks new i was wondering if you guys think i got stiffed or it was a good deal

[Grey Wolf]

Yes.

[lupe21]

yes to what that i got stiffed or it was a good deal

[SirSnookalot]

I have an abu conolon spinning, not my favorite, I use it for a sabiki rig now.

[moby bass]

I have not heard of or used the Super 7 series you are talking about. Like SirS. I have a Conolon spinning, medium, which I like and a Conolon MH casting which I have found to be too heavy, in terms of weight in my hand.  Price wise the Conolons are 1/2 of what you say your rods go for, although that is not a true measure of their worth or quality.  Use them, see if you like them. If you do, it was a good deal.

[Grey Wolf]

yes to what that i got stiffed or it was a good deal

Really dude , you're the only one that can answer that , if you like it ,you didn't get stiffed.

[lupe21]

thank you guys i think i payed a bit to much for them but oh well you live you learn

[DINK WHISPERER]

I have a vengeance 7' MH and it is actually a very nice rod. I keep it in my truck as a all purpose set up. Or if i feel like stopping at a pond once in a while on the way home, LOL!

[fvogel67]

I love my Super 7,I've had mine since probably the late 90's.

[hunterPRO1]

i have a 7'mh/f vengeance and am very pleased.

 

sensetive enough, and alot of backbone. 

 

i think they make a quality product, not sure about the old rods, but the new ones are good.

[Subaqua Adinterim]

Wow - was hoping SirSnookalot was back, always enjoyed his posts; then I see 2009

[QuirkyCarp2000]

I have one. Would like to know how old are they are and their story. Like someone said, probably since the 1990s at the latest. 

 

I'm working on upgrading the guides on mine. Also restore the cork grips.

[Rocky96731]

I would love to find another Super7 i love this rod but I believe i have a hair line crack in mine now….

[bulldog1935]

I don't know about their bass line, but I've become a junkie for their JDM salt baitfinesse rods.  

From low-grade to higher-blank-quality and finish grade, they're light in hand, they fish their rated low end and full range with aplomb, and have backbone to turn big fish at the boat.

First one I bought was their long 8'9" shore micro-jigging rod to match with Silver Wolf, because I was afraid to take my expensive Yamaga Blanks BCIII 82/B + Steez combo on my kayak.  The Abu rod excelled in both shore-fishing and kayak-fishing niches.  

It's close, but won't quite cast its low end with Y/B, because it doesn't load so much long tip, but that's exactly what gives it fish-power to spare.  

Year-before fall Redfish Rodeo, it landed my trip fish and muscled it at the boat like a champ.  (my buddy Josh teased me about the long rod on kayak)

I liked this rod so much, I went back for another, and modified the reel seat to accept my 4500CT in its designed shore micro-jigging niche, so I have 2 of these I can rig with different shore lures.  

Next, I matched Silver Wolf with 7'3" Kurodai Baitfinesse Prototype for kayak niche, and it caught every fish that mattered in last year's Rodeo.  

 

This year, I snagged 4-pc 6'5'" Xrossfield ML, almost a give-away on closeout.  I strongly recommend this rod for someone who wants a wide-range truck-stash bass finesse rod.  

2 g is the sweet spot on this rod, and setting up a spool brake 2 days ago, it was casting 2-g jighead to 130'.  Again, I liked this so much I went back to find the closeout on the 6'6" 2-piece - the 4-pc is going in my kayak back-up-rod dry-bag.  

Abu named this rod for "crossing all fields" - just as good in bass finesse as seabass.  This or the 2-pc Xrossfield would make a great UL to 1/2-oz bottom contact rod.  The Japanese also use these for jigging 2 oz.