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Well I have been looking at this rod for a while, and recently a friend imported one, and I got a chance to try it.
Fatal, So now I too am a proud owner.
Morethan is Daiwa's second range of seabass rods behind the Morethan Branzino.
It is a 9'4" two piece rod, with a slim black blank, titanium SIC through out, nice short butt. With a orange/green section common to all the demon series. In short it looks good, and at 135g it is LIGHT!!
Right enough discription, how does it handle??
From first picking it up, it feel much shorter than it is. In fact it feels like a 8' rod.
The action is very different to any rod I have come across before, basically a fast light parabolic action, which means it has a light tip, and progressively more power as it loads through the blank.
Casting the Demon Blood is odd too, banging away with loads of welly, definately get the lure out there. But ease off the power, and the lure is still getting out there?? Once you tune into the action, and the style of casting it was designed for (cheers Mr Kennard for lending me those Daiwa DVD's). Then the distance starts to really increase. I am getting about 25-30% more distance than I could with my ESGII (no slouch distance wise), but with much less effort.
Playing bass?? Well I have had half a dozen bass on the rod of about the pound and half mark, While the rod is lightweight, the power it generates isn't. I nearly picked a 1.5lb bass out of the water as I bent into a close in take on a topwater-Opps. But it is good to know there is the power there should you need it to stop/turn a good fish.
The Demon Blood won't appeal to or suit everyone, but no rod does. It isn't a rod to take skishing. But if you want a light fast rod that will feels electric with a bass on the end, it might be time to look at Daiwa.
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Fatal, So now I too am a proud owner.
Morethan is Daiwa's second range of seabass rods behind the Morethan Branzino.
It is a 9'4" two piece rod, with a slim black blank, titanium SIC through out, nice short butt. With a orange/green section common to all the demon series. In short it looks good, and at 135g it is LIGHT!!
Right enough discription, how does it handle??
From first picking it up, it feel much shorter than it is. In fact it feels like a 8' rod.
The action is very different to any rod I have come across before, basically a fast light parabolic action, which means it has a light tip, and progressively more power as it loads through the blank.
Casting the Demon Blood is odd too, banging away with loads of welly, definately get the lure out there. But ease off the power, and the lure is still getting out there?? Once you tune into the action, and the style of casting it was designed for (cheers Mr Kennard for lending me those Daiwa DVD's). Then the distance starts to really increase. I am getting about 25-30% more distance than I could with my ESGII (no slouch distance wise), but with much less effort.
Playing bass?? Well I have had half a dozen bass on the rod of about the pound and half mark, While the rod is lightweight, the power it generates isn't. I nearly picked a 1.5lb bass out of the water as I bent into a close in take on a topwater-Opps. But it is good to know there is the power there should you need it to stop/turn a good fish.
The Demon Blood won't appeal to or suit everyone, but no rod does. It isn't a rod to take skishing. But if you want a light fast rod that will feels electric with a bass on the end, it might be time to look at Daiwa.
