Notorious10lber

It’s not that your rod would break lol it’s most of the time a problem with setting the hook and getting a good penetration. Also some rod companies overrate/underrate their rods for some reason, for example my buddy uses a 7’6” flipping stick that’s rated for 3/4-1 1/2 oz for his hudd 68s which weigh somewhere around 2 1/2 oz and gets away with it just fine.

I was wondering the same thing given the price of the GX3 super duty compared to some of the well know low profile swimbait reels is a lot more reasonable. I decided to pick one up from TW and have been using it for about a year and a half now and let me tell you this reel could probably handle twice what it’s rated for I’ve throw 8-10inch huds, 1 1/2 oz jigs, big 5 oz cover glides and caught plently of 4-8 pounders and this reel handles it like a dream. The only downside is you knock the line clicker switch when casting every once in a while and give everyone around you a scare lol. Tight line everyone!