AFO Rod Prototypes - What Do You Think?

[Terry H]

fishy based on the price I would suggest its not sic.

[fishyman]

thats what i thought, just wandering. im guessing hardloy

[Rocket75]

I also like the wind down grips.

Name wise the small one could be the "Bris-Brawler",

and the bigger model the "Southeast-Beast".

Or maybe AFO "Finesse" and AFO "Duress"

Other names I had fun coming up with were:

Newstead Nemesis,

Deepwater Bender,

Spin Doctor Series: (GP,Surgeon,Specialist etc),

Heavy Hitters Series, (Gilly and Gordo etc)

SnapperNapper,

Fish'n Sticks,

River Reaper/Reef Reaper

DamGood Series (Hinze, Awoonga etc)

Whatever you call them, if they are good value and reasonably priced, they should sell. After all, you can never have too many Rods.

Rod

[Dan23]

!! BRISBANATORS !! :woohoo:

[werewolf]

oh yeah if you need quality testers, feel free to send one my way. I don't mind, honestly.

[Brian D]

You know what I am looking for and may be revelant to the site is a "Yak Rod" between 5'6" and 5'10" with a 1-3kg rating, 1 piece with a small handle, spin to take 1000 -1500 reels.

I bough one of those ugly sticks at 4'6" and it's OK, but only OK, another foot longer and it would have been great. I only paid $39 so what can you expect.

I saw a dream rod at Tackle world, it was made by Wilson and stupid me spent the money on lurs and by the time I went back they had shut the doors. :S

Anyway 6'6" is too long for the skinny water yak tracks.

[Terry H]

Mmmm... 6'6" is too long? I like 6'6" and 7' rods for my yak in spin sticks.

How do you mean "is too long for the skinny water yak traks." do you mean walking it down to the water? or out on the water? If it's just transport or once you're out on the water, you've probably considered this, but what about laying the rod flat against the yak?

Or is it actually using the rod in this sort of water?

Sorry, I can't think of any rod in that length for a spin stick. Usually ones taht size are baitcasters.

[werewolf]

mmm when I've throwing lures from canoe / boat in small creeks, I prefer the sub 6 foot rods. I find they are a bit more accurate.

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werewolf wrote:

mmm when I've throwing lures from canoe / boat in small creeks, I prefer the sub 6 foot rods. I find they are a bit more accurate.

I actually agree with you there, except that I prefer a longer rod when I'm reeling in a fish in the kayak. so I go for the high 6 to low 7 foot rods. I also like a shorter rod for trolling so I got myself a $40 BC combo specifically for that.

[Mack_attack]

how about something as simple as;

River Classic & Bay Classic

[Shrimpo]

Why does it have to incorporate classic? Why not River Runner or Bay Runner

[shortie]

weapon of choice - River

weapon of choice - Bay

[Shrimpo]

River Weapon, Bay Weapon, Simple

[Angus]

Loving the names guys cheers.

6foot6 is the most versitile size IMO. As much as id like a variation of sizes its simple to much to outlay with no sure idea of how they will go!

Also some answers:

The guides are Fuji Alconite.

Interestingly enough the Blanks are IM8. Most lower end rods from 100-150 are usually IM7 and even IM6 so the quality is tip top for the budget.

Angus

[Cando]

Brian D wrote:

You know what I am looking for and may be revelant to the site is a "Yak Rod" between 5'6" and 5'10" with a 1-3kg rating, 1 piece with a small handle, spin to take 1000 -1500 reels.

I bough one of those ugly sticks at 4'6" and it's OK, but only OK, another foot longer and it would have been great. I only paid $39 so what can you expect.

I saw a dream rod at Tackle world, it was made by Wilson and stupid me spent the money on lurs and by the time I went back they had shut the doors. :S

Anyway 6'6" is too long for the skinny water yak tracks.

I have a loomis sjr6400 gl2 mag-light.. it's 5"4 2-6lb sweet little rod and i did pay all that much for it.. about $180 new..

http://www.ejtodd.com.au/catalogue/commerce.cgi?cart_id=1207219819.32380&product=G.LOOMIS!SPIN_JIG_RODS&pid=254&log_pid=yes

Noel

[werewolf]

werewolf wrote:

How durable is a carbon fibre rod? Will it crack/snap with a bit of a bump?

Sorry if I missed the response, but can anyone answer this?

[kevinchen19870316]

carbon fibre rods r defi not as durable as glass ones if it's not treated as it should be. lure hitting the blank of a megabass/glx rod will probably snap the rod or weaken the rod. GL3s or other rods with less dense material's more durable but still no carbon rods can be as durable as glass ones.

but when ur buying a good rod, u'd consider the performance more instead of unnessecery durability. or ppl should be paying 1000 for a javis walker and 20 bucks for a megabass. lol

all quality rods r very very sturdy if u treat them the right way. as long as u don't give them a hard time like bouncing around, hitting hard stuff with them, they will serve u well even if u highstick them occasionally.

[Dan23]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

even if u highstick them occasionally.

:laugh: trying to tell us something:lol:

[kevinchen19870316]

yeah, i sometimes highstick my rods esp when fishing around snags. i have to pull them out b4 they brick me and i can't afford to waste a second cranking the reel. but that only happens like 1 time per 3 months.

[werewolf]

cheers thanks kev

[Shrimpo]

How these going? Im looking for a new rod atm, when will they be here, and also with the 2-4kg whats the action like, Stiff, "Whippy"?

[Angus]

Fair way off yet mate. Once the final deisgn is approved it will take a while to get the order made and sent. Ill keep everyone updated with the progress.

Angus