5'6" Baitcaster opinions

[hogesTS]

Hi all,

Well with BCF having 15% off all rods at the moment i thought i would take the oppurtunity to get a 5'6" baitcaster to use with my Abu 5600c4 from the boat casting lures for barra, jacks etc up in the cape york/torres strait area. I am looking to spend something less then about $90, prefferably less if i can get away with it (uni student ).

I went to my local BCF today and had a look around, and was pretty interested in the Silstar crystal powertip 6-10kg rod which would come out at around $59. It had a nice sensitive tip and fuji guides and reel seat. Im not sure what type of blank the silstar uses, its feels like fibreglass/e-glass or whatever they call it.

Others i was looking at where Pflueger, Berkley dropshots, Shimano taipan extreme, Ugly stik gold, and a Wilson one that i cant remember the name, but it had a dark blue blank with gold trim on the guides and reel seat. All of these were 6-8kg or there abouts, and around the $80-90 mark after the discount.

At the moment im leaning towards the silstar, but am open to suggestion.

Cheers
Jeff

[land-lubber]

Either the stilstar or the wilson are top rods, probably go the wilson over the stilstar, just sold 1 to a very happy customer the other day. would suit ur reel well, and if u ever upgrade to the calcutta, they are a perfect match
cheers

BTW with the work ur talking about, steer clear of the cheap graphite sticks, wont handle the knocks unless u really look after it.

[grave41]

Try cash converters at toombul, they have a live fibre 6-8 overhead. Its the model you cant get anymore .My mate who builds rods professionaly reckoned it was the best until he showed me one of the new blanks just out. Graham

[manangatang]

test the feel of rods,you will know .