My quest...

[Morsetaper]

'Zackly . I'll relate my thoughts once I get my hot little hands on it.

Something tells me that I may have just fallen down the rabbit hole.

[Morsetaper]

Finally got this thing out and seriously fished it today. Mounted a Stradic strung with Sufix 4# FC. Managed 8 or 9 brown fish, from dinks to about 14", lost or missed as many again, and a greenie that went about 3#. This rod performs better than I ever hoped for. Certainly the most sensitive stick I own, and I have a good selection from Loomis and the St. Croix LE line. Took about 3 min. to bring the greenie to hand, and I never felt like the fish was more in control than I. I think this rod is certainly up to the task of a huge smallmouth.

On another note, I had about 3 line/knot failures. I'm certainly not ruling out operator error, but was wondering if anybody has had a similar experience with this line?

[Alphahawk]

Finally got this thing out and seriously fished it today. Mounted a Stradic strung with Sufix 4# FC. Managed 8 or 9 brown fish, from dinks to about 14", lost or missed as many again, and a greenie that went about 3#. This rod performs better than I ever hoped for. Certainly the most sensitive stick I own, and I have a good selection from Loomis and the St. Croix LE line. Took about 3 min. to bring the greenie to hand, and I never felt like the fish was more in control than I. I think this rod is certainly up to the task of a huge smallmouth.

On another note, I had about 3 line/knot failures. I'm certainly not ruling out operator error, but was wondering if anybody has had a similar experience with this line?

Congrats on the new rod. The past few weeks have been terrible for me in terms of catching numbers of fish.....worst summer I have ever had. But I have learned to appreciate these JDM rods more than ever. The sensitivity is off the charts. Looking forward to hearing more abut the Truzer. I used my Truzer 6' 5" Monday to tangle with about a dozen very fat 14 inch largemouth......just an amazing rod.

Regards

[Morsetaper]

The sensitivity is off the charts.

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Yeah, I'm seriously impressed. Thank You and everybody else for the guidance.
I'm finding myself flinging a 4" Senko on a 1/16th oz. head 85-90', then the fish hits and the rod butt takes over and .
It's like a bumblebee, impossible, but...
You often hear people exaggerate about the sensitivity of a rod with something like "I can feel every leaf on the lake bottom", Yeah, right . But with this thing I can literally feel the ends of that 4" Senko undulate. Rilly .

[Bryin]

Another JDM convert.

[Allsorts]

This won't be your last JDM rod either...slippery slope it is...