Brought my new Daiwa Fuego rod to a gun fight and won

2 weeks ago i caught 4 nice bass out of the pads and weeds while wading amongst them. I was using my spining reel #30 pflueger supreme with #30 spiderwire braid with fluoro leader onto a 3/0 ewg hook, 1/2 oz bullet weight with rage menace.

My rod that day was my favorite ugy stick carbon 7ft medium-fast and that combo worked but for each fish i had to grab the line by hand and pull the fish through the pady weed mess to get them to me.

They out muscled my ugly stick and my reel, always tangling me to where the rod would give them the chance to dive down and rap me up no matter how hard i pulled back. I didnt loose any but it was a heck of a workout to get them in so out i went shopping to get a new weapon.

I bought a fuego 7.2 ft medium heavy fast, this is my first ever mh rod and when i hooked up the other day on a bass in the thick weeds and he pulled hard for the deep cover i reared back and won the fight on this day, no line pulling by hand needed.

I was throwing all types of lures to feel how this rod would handle and it did fantastic with t rigged 3/0 ewg hooks with 1/2 oz bullet weight with rage menace. Didnt try anything lighter but do expect a distance loss but we all know the trade off.

Very easy to bomb big spooks and walk them in with no arm, elbow fatigue as rod is light and balanced perfectly for me to get my cadence down.

When i was at fleetfarm i grabbed many comparable rods off of the rack and put handle on the floor against the wall, holding the fuego and the competing rod together and would pull down on the tips and compared the parobolic bend from tip to handle and the fuego had the least bend from the fast tip which is what i wanted while the others claimed to be fast but gave way to much on the top.