St.Croix, GLoomis question

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St.Croix, GLoomis question

Post by tracker01 » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:23 am

I think I read somewhere that comparing a Loomis to a Croix, that a med. GLoomis is comparable to a med. light St.Croix or the other way around. Yes, no, maybe? I have a 6'6" Avid med. and I just got a GLoomis 6'6" GL3 med. and they are different when it comes to flex.

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Re: St.Croix, GLoomis question

Post by Cal » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:32 am

If you have one of each then you should be able and tell, no? ;) ... Generally speaking the St. Croix sticks behave more stoutly than a G.Loomis of the same lure weight rating.

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Re: St.Croix, GLoomis question

Post by tracker01 » Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:28 am

Cal wrote:If you have one of each then you should be able and tell, no? ;) ... Generally speaking the St. Croix sticks behave more stoutly than a G.Loomis of the same lure weight rating.
Yes I do have both sticks. I was just wondering if this is the norm between St. Croix and GLoomis. Thanks for your comments.

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Re: St.Croix, GLoomis question

Post by Mags00 » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:24 am

I notice more of a difference between the product lines not necessarily say Avid and GL3 both should be very similar aside from the action and that should be fairly close.

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Re: St.Croix, GLoomis question

Post by smalljaw » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:08 am

St. Croix medium power is more like a medium heavy power Loomis but actions are pretty close if not the same.

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Re: St.Croix, GLoomis question

Post by skeletor6 » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:06 pm

tracker01 wrote:I think I read somewhere that comparing a Loomis to a Croix, that a med. GLoomis is comparable to a med. light St.Croix or the other way around. Yes, no, maybe? I have a 6'6" Avid med. and I just got a GLoomis 6'6" GL3 med. and they are different when it comes to flex.
Generally speaking (not including every rod in every series), but from what I have found is that St. Croix rods fish about a power heavier.

e.g.) Medium powered St. Croix = Medium Heavy or 3 powered Loomis

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