JIGGING MASTER BLANKS

[paul708]

as most of you now i have been selling and building JM rods for a while
these are some of the BEST rods/ blanks avail for jigging using short rods
Now they have a new "model" the "Terminator"
the specs on these are very close to the "original" JM blanks
at about half the cost for the blank
i have tried a few of the models they seem nice
BUT
the original blanks will still be my MAIN blank used when building JM rods
they are just so SWEET its hard to go to the "cheaper" model

just wanted to let everyone know about the new blanks

[paul708]

this is appox 54# being lifted

[JerseyBrian]

Wow! Look at that bend

Paul, what kind of blank would you recommend for an all around conventional setup? Jigging, chunking, live bait fishing maybe even a little trolling. I'm getting the 665W 2spd this coming weekend

[paul708]

Wow! Look at that bend

Paul, what kind of blank would you recommend for an all around conventional setup? Jigging, chunking, live bait fishing maybe even a little trolling. I'm getting the 665W 2spd this coming weekend

for "all round" the calstars are hard to beat. 700h or Xh
maybe a superseeker if you dont mind a little weight
for everything but trolling the GUSA we were playing with is perfect
there are ALOT of GREAT choices for "all round" rods

[ChrisW_]

The Terminators are great rods. It is hard to pick the difference between the Power Spell and Terminator when jigging or fighting. The same mandrels are used for both models but different grades of Graphite.
I've had reports of the Terminator 300 landing Bronzies over 250lb so they are strong enough.

[paul708]

the power spell are shorter, being cut from the butt
which we do sometimes
have you noticed a differance between full size and cut models?
it seems the shorter are getting more popular

[shore-power]

Paul: What brand blanks are your JM rods made from? I still want to get a conventional XXHeavy jigging rod made with the acid wrap guides.

[ChrisW_]

the power spell are shorter, being cut from the butt
which we do sometimes
have you noticed a differance between full size and cut models?
it seems the shorter are getting more popular

The factory Power Spells and Terminators are both the same 5' lenght, The lighter 150g rods are 5'3" on both ranges. The only full lenght JM I had was a custom built rod which I quickly moved on after fishing with the shorter 5' rod.

There has been a lot of interest out of Japan for shorter rods. Hots make a 4' 8" spinning rod called the Wei World. Likewise JM have their 4'8" Power Spell 500 too. Lately, Smiths have brought out their really short 4'4" Mariana specials.

[paul708]

Paul: What brand blanks are your JM rods made from? I still want to get a conventional XXHeavy jigging rod made with the acid wrap guides.

JIGGING MASTER BLANKS

[paul708]

The factory Power Spells and Terminators are both the same 5' lenght, The lighter 150g rods are 5'3" on both ranges. The only full lenght JM I had was a custom built rod which I quickly moved on after fishing with the shorter 5' rod.

There has been a lot of interest out of Japan for shorter rods. Hots make a 4' 8" spinning rod called the Wei World. Likewise JM have their 4'8" Power Spell 500 too. Lately, Smiths have brought out their really short 4'4" Mariana specials.

yeah i am famialiar with those
what JM do you thing compare to the wei
it seems the JM are more power than the wei?