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The sad part it Tackle Trap had that model in stock last week. If you want the 7'2" Heavy rather than MH you can get one off of Ebay for $242.99 from Simmons Sporting Goods. My friend just ordered one this week as below. BUNDLE - SHIMANO EXPRIDE EX172HA 7'2" HEAVY BAITCASTING ROD + STICK JACKET) Kistler has 21% off right now, a Helium 3 would be in the low 2's shipped. ALX Toadface or Deputy seem to get a lot of love. I like Powell Endurances for the price, you can almost buy 2 since they are $150. I also see a lot about the Alpha Angler Zilla. Are you looking for another JDM styled rod?

Bass Patrol are good and pretty inexpensive if you want football jigs.

I like mine a lot also. No problems on my end.

Tackle Tour rated the Villain higher if that means anything to you. The main factor was sensitivity was better on the Villain 2.0.

Braid for sure and you can add leaders when you want. You never know what you will catch. You have the possibility for a nice variety of fish depending on location in WPB or surrounding areas of it. (Bass, Peas, Clown Knife, Snakehead, Snook, Tarpon, Cichlids, Tilapia, Bowfin, Etc.)

They have a product video for the exact rod on youtube. I know they have 2 versions of that Cumara model. You may be able to apply these applications to your rod from a megabass rod chart

Powell Endurance is a great rod around $150 with tons of models. They are all under 4oz as well.

Phenix Maxim Casting Rod 7'3" Med Lt 1/8-1/2oz

I've had tons of luck with them in all sizes in sexy or ghost shad. I would buy them on sale at DSG. I had one of my most memorable catches with one parallel to the bank. A 4.5 lb bass jumped out of the water like a great white when it hit the bait from the underside.

If you are paying retail ($449.99)....you can get a dealer sample NRX 894c JWR for that for less than that

It's an automatic purchase for me. As soon as I watched the video, it was obvious this was winning an award.

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They sure did. Saved 15% on a Powell Endurance today. Barely been fishing but I will break this rod in tomorrow once it arrives.

When I bought my NRX 894, I ordered U-40 with it. No problems at all although I was worried I'd mess up the application. Very easy to apply. I used it on a few other rods before I did something to dry out the tub of u-40.

I have an 894 but my goto all purpose is a Megabass Orochi Extreme Mission. I will look into a new Powell Endurance 7ft6 utility rod next as an alternate since it handles up to 3oz baits and weights under 4oz for $150.

It's pretty multi purpose. I've used mine for worms, jigs, spinner baits, chatter baits, square bills, senkos, top water walking baits, jerk baits, flukes, etc. Even frogging in places with overhanging trees when bank fishing since it's a little shorter than the conventional 7ft+ rods.

650-675 aka ouch From TT

Heard Jerry Seindfeld's voice reading the thread title. Everything has been said and I have nothing to add but a meme,

There are so many great choices like the Metanium MGL, Chronarch MGL, Lews Team Pro, BB1, various Daiwas and so on.. you can't go wrong but the important part is that you Braid with leaders when needed on most of my reels. Few others have various copolymers, fluoros, etc Brands vary for me, but I don't buy hyper expensive line.

I have a Gen 2 SX that I hated but learned to love, it's definitely a tank! I also have a Gen 3 Revo Elite Aurora 64. I like the finish better on the Gen 3 ( sample pic in avatar), but the Gen 2 was used 20000000% more and has given me more memories, it also feels more solid.

You won!

Horrible main line for me, but worked as leader material. I had many line breakages ranging from small kinks from a backlash to no apparent reason at all. I heard there were some bad batches, sent them an email 2x, never got a response. I am using their invzx based on user recommendations with no problems, but I ask myself should I have bought it after the previously ignored emails.

Any rod issue I had was resolved quickly and most were caused by UPS, but Abu fixed it. I can't say anything negative about them at all. I also lost parts when I took my 2nd gen Revo SX apart and they sent me the missing parts free of charge out of pitty. I don't buy many USDM Abu rods and reels anymore but the service as been top notch.

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