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Phenix Bass Recon Elite vs St. Croix Legend Elite

freelancer27
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I have the 766 Recon and an 804 (MH) Recon.  The 4 power Recon will be too soft for jigs 3/4oz up.  I use my 804 for swimbaits, chatterbaits and LONG Bombing Ikas (like Pumpkin chunkin').  I like a rod with a bit slower than "fast" action for moving single hooks (tapers like Dobyns, Phenix, Lamiglas, Megabass have).

 

The 766 is a great jig/flip/frog rod, so is the 7'9" (796).  A 715 might be the ticket for you as well.

 

A 7'4" St Croix Heavy is a beast for power (feels more powerful than my 766 when playing around with it.)

The Perfect Pitch is hard to argue against.  I've never heard anything close to negative about that rod.

I wish St. Croix made a 7'+ rod in what would be equivalent to a Heavy Medium Heavy (in their power scale) fast.

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    I don't own the St Croix but i have the recon elite 796 and 766. I can tell you they are overrated for sure. They have soft tips and perform more like MH rods. I really like them though. Especially considering I purchased them on sale from TW. 

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    8 hours ago, DINK WHISPERER said:

    I don't own the St Croix but i have the recon elite 796 and 766. I can tell you they are overrated for sure. They have soft tips and perform more like MH rods. I really like them though. Especially considering I purchased them on sale from TW. 

    the Recon Elite's are a slow fast , i was just at Phenix yesterday and was checking out all the models (blanks) , looking for a stout flipping blank ( ended up getting a Ultra Swimbait 7'9'' blank ) the recons have power but it's farther back into the blank making it feel underpowered . for me and my fishing style , i like blanks that shut off in the first third of the blank no matter what power it is .

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    9 hours ago, DINK WHISPERER said:

    I don't own the St Croix but i have the recon elite 796 and 766. I can tell you they are overrated for sure. They have soft tips and perform more like MH rods. I really like them though. Especially considering I purchased them on sale from TW. 

    WHich St. Croix do you have? Which one do you prefer? 

    Which would you recommend for my purposes?

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