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Designed for cast & retrieve style fishing with shads, this rod was the direct idea of competitors in the French Bass tournaments. Its blank has a fast action to obtain a soft tip and a reserve of power in the bottom section.
This progressive action has several interesting characteristics; the first is to allow the tail of shads to vibrate freely on the retrieve, without their action being stifled by a stiff rod tip; the second is to limit fish lost through the hooks pulling free (a frequent problem with stiff rods), resulting in almost a self striking action. This action also allows the use of relatively heavy drag as the rod copes well with strong runs, which helps avoid losing fish over snaggy bottoms.
This progressive action has several interesting characteristics; the first is to allow the tail of shads to vibrate freely on the retrieve, without their action being stifled by a stiff rod tip; the second is to limit fish lost through the hooks pulling free (a frequent problem with stiff rods), resulting in almost a self striking action. This action also allows the use of relatively heavy drag as the rod copes well with strong runs, which helps avoid losing fish over snaggy bottoms.



