Sea Magic Dragonfly Jigging Rod Series
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I would only suggest the 600g for offshore fish
We owned the 400 series and paired it with a 665 but I felt didn't have enough backbone and was probably more suited to being a 250-300g rod so I sold it. The rod itself is a beautifully made rod, nice components, great attention to detail just light for tuna and AJ's. The rod is also very light which is great for jigging
We used it on a trip to Texas jigging the platforms for AJ's and grouper. Max drag should be around 20 lbs before you start getting twist
Image one ... you can already see the twist on the tip with around 20 #'s of drag
Image number two ... another angle
Image number three ... the resulting AJ
Image number four ... the mystery fish that almost pinned him to the gunnel at strike , the rod immediately began to bend at the grip although it really isn't a parabolic rod. The fish broke off after 30 minutes my guess I large grouper as we were jigging deep off the bottom
A good rod but if you intend on using it offshore i would suggest the 600g
This post edited by gmann 09:01 AM 04/04/2008
We owned the 400 series and paired it with a 665 but I felt didn't have enough backbone and was probably more suited to being a 250-300g rod so I sold it. The rod itself is a beautifully made rod, nice components, great attention to detail just light for tuna and AJ's. The rod is also very light which is great for jigging
We used it on a trip to Texas jigging the platforms for AJ's and grouper. Max drag should be around 20 lbs before you start getting twist
Image one ... you can already see the twist on the tip with around 20 #'s of drag
Image number two ... another angle
Image number three ... the resulting AJ
Image number four ... the mystery fish that almost pinned him to the gunnel at strike , the rod immediately began to bend at the grip although it really isn't a parabolic rod. The fish broke off after 30 minutes my guess I large grouper as we were jigging deep off the bottom
A good rod but if you intend on using it offshore i would suggest the 600g
This post edited by gmann 09:01 AM 04/04/2008
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We owned the 400 series and paired it with a 665 2 speed but I felt didn't have enough backbone and was probably more suited to being a 250-300g rod so I sold it. The rod itself is a beautifully made rod, nice components, great attention to detail just light for tuna and AJ's. The rod is also very light which is great for jigging
We used it on a trip to Texas jigging the platforms for AJ's and grouper. Max drag should be around 20 lbs before you start getting twist
Image one ... you can already see the twist on the tip with around 20 #'s of drag
Image number two ... another angle
Image number three ... the resulting AJ
Image number four ... the mystery fish that almost pinned him to the gunnel at strike , the rod immediately began to bend at the grip although it really isn't a parabolic rod. The fish broke off after 30 minutes my guess I large grouper as we were jigging deep off the bottom
A good rod but if you intend on using it offshore i would suggest the 600g
Kind of scary seeing the bare part of the butt section against the gunnel with all that press. being exerted . There isn 't a problem with that ? Just curious .
We owned the 400 series and paired it with a 665 2 speed but I felt didn't have enough backbone and was probably more suited to being a 250-300g rod so I sold it. The rod itself is a beautifully made rod, nice components, great attention to detail just light for tuna and AJ's. The rod is also very light which is great for jigging
We used it on a trip to Texas jigging the platforms for AJ's and grouper. Max drag should be around 20 lbs before you start getting twist
Image one ... you can already see the twist on the tip with around 20 #'s of drag
Image number two ... another angle
Image number three ... the resulting AJ
Image number four ... the mystery fish that almost pinned him to the gunnel at strike , the rod immediately began to bend at the grip although it really isn't a parabolic rod. The fish broke off after 30 minutes my guess I large grouper as we were jigging deep off the bottom
A good rod but if you intend on using it offshore i would suggest the 600g
Kind of scary seeing the bare part of the butt section against the gunnel with all that press. being exerted . There isn 't a problem with that ? Just curious .
BLUEFISH9 wrote:
It sure looks and sounds nice but I dont know anyone who has or fished one.
i have the 400 and 600gr.
The 400 is light enough to jig all day. The trigger seat is nice feature. It is as glen describes (loading)
The 600gr. loads up nice for bigger fish, but the grip material is to soft. I have had to rebond foregrip. The lower grip will soon need replacing due to wear.
It sure looks and sounds nice but I dont know anyone who has or fished one.
i have the 400 and 600gr.
The 400 is light enough to jig all day. The trigger seat is nice feature. It is as glen describes (loading)
The 600gr. loads up nice for bigger fish, but the grip material is to soft. I have had to rebond foregrip. The lower grip will soon need replacing due to wear.
KILSONG wrote:
Glenn, it looks closer to Hopper rod than OTI rod judging from the pictures. How is the action of the rod compared with OTI jigging rod ?
I don't think you can compare it to the OTI because the OTI has a lot of backbone. The 400 Dragonfly does not IMHO I dont think it will break but it reminded me of the Trevala 58XXH or the hopper. The rod had a tremendous amount of twist at the tip and I would agree that the grip is very soft.
The split grip is something that is used alot in the gulf and although it looks a little weird I am fine with it
*** Im not saying the rod is bad, only stating after using it that the 400 is more suited to smaller fish and lower drags
This post edited by gmann 10:47 PM 04/03/2008
Glenn, it looks closer to Hopper rod than OTI rod judging from the pictures. How is the action of the rod compared with OTI jigging rod ?
I don't think you can compare it to the OTI because the OTI has a lot of backbone. The 400 Dragonfly does not IMHO I dont think it will break but it reminded me of the Trevala 58XXH or the hopper. The rod had a tremendous amount of twist at the tip and I would agree that the grip is very soft.
The split grip is something that is used alot in the gulf and although it looks a little weird I am fine with it
*** Im not saying the rod is bad, only stating after using it that the 400 is more suited to smaller fish and lower drags
This post edited by gmann 10:47 PM 04/03/2008
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was he able to budge whatever was in pic 4?
chumslk wrote:
gmann wrote:
We owned the 400 series and paired it with a 665 2 speed but I felt didn't have enough backbone and was probably more suited to being a 250-300g rod so I sold it. The rod itself is a beautifully made rod, nice components, great attention to detail just light for tuna and AJ's. The rod is also very light which is great for jigging
We used it on a trip to Texas jigging the platforms for AJ's and grouper. Max drag should be around 20 lbs before you start getting twist
Image one ... you can already see the twist on the tip with around 20 #'s of drag
Image number two ... another angle
Image number three ... the resulting AJ
Image number four ... the mystery fish that almost pinned him to the gunnel at strike , the rod immediately began to bend at the grip although it really isn't a parabolic rod. The fish broke off after 30 minutes my guess I large grouper as we were jigging deep off the bottom
A good rod but if you intend on using it offshore i would suggest the 600g
Kind of scary seeing the bare part of the butt section against the gunnel with all that press. being exerted . There isn 't a problem with that ? Just curious .
The problem was Anthony at the time was only 5' tall fishing on the back of a brand new Viking with high gunnels compound that by getting absolutely slammed the minute his jig reached bottom. I've never seen him not control a fish and this fish almost pulled the rod out of his hands several times. Each time the exposed rod touched the boat for a second or two at most
gmann wrote:
We owned the 400 series and paired it with a 665 2 speed but I felt didn't have enough backbone and was probably more suited to being a 250-300g rod so I sold it. The rod itself is a beautifully made rod, nice components, great attention to detail just light for tuna and AJ's. The rod is also very light which is great for jigging
We used it on a trip to Texas jigging the platforms for AJ's and grouper. Max drag should be around 20 lbs before you start getting twist
Image one ... you can already see the twist on the tip with around 20 #'s of drag
Image number two ... another angle
Image number three ... the resulting AJ
Image number four ... the mystery fish that almost pinned him to the gunnel at strike , the rod immediately began to bend at the grip although it really isn't a parabolic rod. The fish broke off after 30 minutes my guess I large grouper as we were jigging deep off the bottom
A good rod but if you intend on using it offshore i would suggest the 600g
Kind of scary seeing the bare part of the butt section against the gunnel with all that press. being exerted . There isn 't a problem with that ? Just curious .
The problem was Anthony at the time was only 5' tall fishing on the back of a brand new Viking with high gunnels compound that by getting absolutely slammed the minute his jig reached bottom. I've never seen him not control a fish and this fish almost pulled the rod out of his hands several times. Each time the exposed rod touched the boat for a second or two at most
bretabaker wrote:
was he able to budge whatever was in pic 4?
Hey Bret,
Yes he got the fish up time and time again, the captain pulled away from the rig as we were right on top of it. Finally with deep color, the guy next to us, my customer, dropped his line with a large live blue runner and got it all fouled up with Anthony's fish. 5 minutes later it pulled the hook. He was upset to say the least as this was his first jigged fish
I learned that day that we did not like the single speed accurate 665 and that we didn't like the dragonfly 400g rod.
was he able to budge whatever was in pic 4?
Hey Bret,
Yes he got the fish up time and time again, the captain pulled away from the rig as we were right on top of it. Finally with deep color, the guy next to us, my customer, dropped his line with a large live blue runner and got it all fouled up with Anthony's fish. 5 minutes later it pulled the hook. He was upset to say the least as this was his first jigged fish
I learned that day that we did not like the single speed accurate 665 and that we didn't like the dragonfly 400g rod.
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yeah I hear you on the 2 speeds, they help bigtime in those kinds of fights!
sucks he didnt get the fish up....but, he has lots of time! actually, he needs to relax and let me catch up!
sucks he didnt get the fish up....but, he has lots of time! actually, he needs to relax and let me catch up!
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