09-28-2010, 08:05 PM
I have a super fast action 7 wt Loomis. Got it years ago from their blem selection at the factory on a salmon trip. It was a blem because of how stiff the rod is.
I have to overload it with 8 weight line, or I can't cast it, cause I tend to have a slower cast. Younger brother can throw a 7 weight line with it as far as he wants because he tends to be a fast caster, but it is MY rod.
The stiff action make it so you can feel ANY little bump. I feel my sinkers dragging the gravel, and I KNOW when a fish has picked it up.
But I would not over load any of my other rods because none of them have nearly as stiff an action.
Just my thoughts on it.
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I have to overload it with 8 weight line, or I can't cast it, cause I tend to have a slower cast. Younger brother can throw a 7 weight line with it as far as he wants because he tends to be a fast caster, but it is MY rod.
The stiff action make it so you can feel ANY little bump. I feel my sinkers dragging the gravel, and I KNOW when a fish has picked it up.
But I would not over load any of my other rods because none of them have nearly as stiff an action.
Just my thoughts on it.
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