Rod for Greenbacks and Jew?

[Damned67]

Hi All,
Currently swinging a Wilson Seacoaster for chopper tailor. I'd like to carry a heavier rod for chasing Greenbacks and Jew on slab baits
What options do I have?
I know there's the Gary Howard Surf Classic Heavy.
Is there a 'better' rod in the Live Fibre range?
What are people reaching for when specifically targeting greenbacks and Jew?

Cheers!

[Horse]

I am using a Livefibre RLF43. Its 13'8" and rated at 15kg. I haven't been ableto put a big bend in it yet but it throws a 10 ball and a slab bait very nicely

[cobiaman]

Horse, how many rods do you have in total? You seem to have a combo for every occasion...

[Horse]

Horse, how many rods do you have in total? You seem to have a combo for every occasion...

I do a lot of different styles of fishing and need a club to match. Thats what I keep telling myself anyway.
I don't have one to tackle the big Reds around Stanage or out near the Swains...........yet.

[nigelr]

I've made a heavy surf rod on that blank horse; to be honest at 5'8" I feel I'm not near tall enough to be able to use it to it's full potential; it's an absolute beast of a rod and will cast a heavy load with great ease. Mag surf heavy is an excellent blank and something made on a FSU 5144 or a MT8144 would work too, IMHO.
These days I tend to concentrate on greenbacks and scool jew and so I use a rod I made up on a Braid Buster 375-7 3 piece blank; it's lighter to hold and has a 'softer', more parabolic action which I prefer for greenbacks. No way it will cast the total weight that the LiveFibre will though; I think the taper is a take on a MT7144 albeit a bit stronger.
There are cheaper rods that would do the trick for greenbacks such as the Silstar 1202SFM, or you could up the $ ante somewhat and look at the japanese, south african, us or uk offerings.
Depends on just how much total weight you are going to be throwing on a regular basis; if you are throwing a large sinker and a large solid slab of tailor or mullet etc for a large jew you will need a beast to handle casting the weight if you want some distance to your cast. If you are generally targetting greenbacks and school jew, you can fish a bit smaller bait and lesser total cast weight, which allows for a 'lighter' action rod.
Cheers.