I think it came to my mind: Berkley Power Pole!

And here is the image: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjkzWDE1ODE=/ ... J/$_57.JPG

And the ad: http://cdn.iofferphoto.com/img3/wantad/ ... r_pole.jpg

The one I am talking about was black and had chartreuse writings.

Yes, I think it was the RoughNeck.
Too bad I can't find a picture, its color was cool.

I think it is a rod of the end of the 80's or beginning of the 90's.

In those same years Berkley published another ad where they compared the graphite content of various rods, including the Shimano Magnumlite Fightin' Rod (the coolest rods of the time).

Yep, the Rhino is by Zebco.
This one was Berkley's.
Did not have a clear tip, it was black and chartreuse.

TOO oldie then.. lol.

Kidding, you are 2 years younger than me

Any of you guys remember the name of the (black and chartreuse) Berkley rod that appeared in a Berkley ad as the world's strongest, and the ad said it smashed an Ugly Stik in a tag of war?

Solved.

Thanks.

The War of Middleweights No holds barred extreme field testing of four 4000 sized spinning reel against the tackle busting Mekong Giant Catfish. When you go to war, no matter how prepared you are, you are not bullet-proof. So, this is the report of an abuse: four 4000 sized spinning reel, with crank...

I thought some of you would enjoy a little reels carnage:
http://www.spinningreel-field-testing.blogspot.it/

Best,
Spinningreel

My answer to tywithay would have been generically that. I.e. despite the fact that carbon alloys can result in very rigid frames, the reality is that none of the"carbon alloys" used for reels are actually as rigid as metal.

Bump.

scatter wrote:Spectacularly pointless, nobody's making reels from diamond and the composites we're talking about aren't graphite. Thanks.

The guys must have missed the passage where it is stated that "composites" are mainly PLASTIC.

A lot of good posts.
Nice to read that people are not fooled by marketing mumbo-jumbo.

Good post lil_man.