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Vidar and his shiney toys got the better of me earlier this year and we bought a pair of these nice little toys. Megabass Xor Silver Shadow SSz-75m
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It's made from z-pbo (zylon) and not carbon fibre so it has a higher tensile strength yet it's still a fast action rod with a soft tip. Perfect for soft plastics. It's backbone and power in the lower section is tremendous and yet the rod is still relatively lightweight. It's casting weight is 10 - 35 grs but with a soft tip the upper weight end feels a little weird but that tip is so flexible there's little chance of cracking the tip off unless you thunder shot the lure. I've worked Zonks and SP's to approx 30grs with it, casts a fair fair distance too for a short rod.
I took it to Jersey with me and managed a couple of small Bass maybe 2lb max and since then it's been polished and put away to be cherished and hopefully used again when the pleasure takes me.
I was reading through all the stuff we've been talking about recently over light weight gear, ultra light lures and plugging and thought about my lovely little Megabass rod. So out she came this evening, clean and shiney as new, on went a reel filled with 10lb power-pro and I stepped into the garden to see how low this rod would go. I know it would cast several grams OK but would it cast something really low? So with nothing else but a single SSG split shot on the end (1.6gr) I flicked it out onto the grass. It went about 20 yards without much effort. Errr this rod just cast 1.6grs 20 yards !!! Bugger that I thought and on went a single BB shot (0.4grs). It wasn't even enough to pull the slightly curly braid straight but flick...10 yards. What?
Well I'm absolutley amazed. This rod will cast 0.4grs up to 35grs, it's got a wicked back bone and a fast action but it's no lightweight through action salmon spinning rod, it's a power stick. The link above shows it being used to haul in a 17.5lb 97cm Bass. Now I love my freshwater fishing but who would have thought one rod could cast a little 1gr mepps to catch a 6" Perch, AND a absolute lunker of a fish like that? I am gobsmacked. I also stood there and did what Myfish said to do with the injection, tap the reel seat with your index finger when holding it loosely and the tip vibrates like a beauty. I LOVE THIS ROD.
I'm now gagging for xmas to come and go so I can go out and play with 2gr softies in my local waters as I'm now working 6.5 days a week so no time what so ever to play.
megabass product
megabass field report
It's made from z-pbo (zylon) and not carbon fibre so it has a higher tensile strength yet it's still a fast action rod with a soft tip. Perfect for soft plastics. It's backbone and power in the lower section is tremendous and yet the rod is still relatively lightweight. It's casting weight is 10 - 35 grs but with a soft tip the upper weight end feels a little weird but that tip is so flexible there's little chance of cracking the tip off unless you thunder shot the lure. I've worked Zonks and SP's to approx 30grs with it, casts a fair fair distance too for a short rod.
I took it to Jersey with me and managed a couple of small Bass maybe 2lb max and since then it's been polished and put away to be cherished and hopefully used again when the pleasure takes me.
I was reading through all the stuff we've been talking about recently over light weight gear, ultra light lures and plugging and thought about my lovely little Megabass rod. So out she came this evening, clean and shiney as new, on went a reel filled with 10lb power-pro and I stepped into the garden to see how low this rod would go. I know it would cast several grams OK but would it cast something really low? So with nothing else but a single SSG split shot on the end (1.6gr) I flicked it out onto the grass. It went about 20 yards without much effort. Errr this rod just cast 1.6grs 20 yards !!! Bugger that I thought and on went a single BB shot (0.4grs). It wasn't even enough to pull the slightly curly braid straight but flick...10 yards. What?
Well I'm absolutley amazed. This rod will cast 0.4grs up to 35grs, it's got a wicked back bone and a fast action but it's no lightweight through action salmon spinning rod, it's a power stick. The link above shows it being used to haul in a 17.5lb 97cm Bass. Now I love my freshwater fishing but who would have thought one rod could cast a little 1gr mepps to catch a 6" Perch, AND a absolute lunker of a fish like that? I am gobsmacked. I also stood there and did what Myfish said to do with the injection, tap the reel seat with your index finger when holding it loosely and the tip vibrates like a beauty. I LOVE THIS ROD.
I'm now gagging for xmas to come and go so I can go out and play with 2gr softies in my local waters as I'm now working 6.5 days a week so no time what so ever to play.
