I love this rod. Picked one up when they first came out after speaking to Matt. I actually use mine for punching as well as frogging.

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Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:15 pm

Hey, I think there is an error in the link going to the second page, for me it leads to this old review:
http://www.tackletour.com/reviewpowell683cxfastpg2.html

Whew! Thought it was just me.

Cal,

Did you cry even a little?

metanium wrote:Awesome! Martens is my favorite pro, and he's definitely a bit of a tackle geek too!

X2. It's pretty awesome how honest and willing to divulge information he is.

Hey Cal, I know you probably can't divulge any secrets but I have two questions after reading the article. 1. When Mr. Ito designs a rod in the lower series like the XX and X4's, does he fish them like he does the upper echelon rods like the X7 and the Destroyer Evoluzion? 2. Can you say if they are...

This changes things.... Pretty much pulled these from my list. Definitely going to pick a couple up if they feel as good as review says.

I posted my results before of the same lure/rod with a '12 JM Carbonlite reel and also 50E but had 15#pps8s and max cast with 50E was 42' got 45' but accuracy not as good so I have 3 reels that I get nearly the same distance out of. I only posted cause Im quite surprized at how well my pinnacle doe...

Well a video not going to happen so dont believe, dont. Where did 50 some feet come from??? I never said that, I get around 40 feet with fairly good accuracy. Rod 7' Quantum Smoke rod M/F and line 10#pps8s, lure SK bitsy minnow actual weight 0.0823oz, 2.336g With a LTB 6'9"MLXF Im around 36' T...

from article: "I commented my ability to reach distances of roughly forty feet with a 3g finesse jig on this combo. That was an on-the-water estimate. Back at TT HQ, I tried again for a more quantitative measurement and can confirm distances of closer to thirty feet. This was with all casting ...

from article: "I commented my ability to reach distances of roughly forty feet with a 3g finesse jig on this combo. That was an on-the-water estimate. Back at TT HQ, I tried again for a more quantitative measurement and can confirm distances of closer to thirty feet. This was with all casting ...

Great review! Hope the some more XX are to follow!

In the review under the Material Strength category Sunline, Sufix, Daiwa, and PowerPro were all mentioned. I am really looking forward to reading how Sunline stacked up to the other braid giants. Hey Cal, I know there is already a review on Toray Finesse Braid, but have you run it through The Machin...