Zenaq rod?????

[paul708]

strip and re-wrap..yes, no problem

[jig42na]

I second that!!!! The second picture of the islands in the background is awesome. Your surroundings while fishing is part of what makes it such a great sport. I'd love to fish there as well. Post more pics if you have them. Also that size YFT are great fun.

[ChrisW_]

The Zenaq rods are high quality Japanese rods. They are more a stiff med/fast taper blank rather than parabolic. I find that the longer "apparent" lenght is more tiring on me and its relatively short butt just creates more leverage against me when jigging. The rods are beautifully crafted utilising titanium SIC guides and the conventional rod has a trigger grip reel seat. This is something I just cannot get used to. Damn trigger appears in the wrong place for my fingers so I cut mine off.
The heavier rods 20+oz rods are known as "Monster Buster" and are absolutely beasts. I prefer the lighter 12oz rod which can still deal it out to #60+ Yellowtail with ease.

[mojomizer]

Thanks for the info ChrisW. I am always laughing at my buddies who golf they are always buying new clubs. Maybe I should review my recreational habits

I agree on the trigger grips getting in the way. I can never figure out the pupose of them on a vertical jigging stick. Each to their own fishing preferences.

I guess there is a jigging dilemma on proper action and comfort over high drag and pulling power on very large fish without the line eating the forgrip????? Maybe I should work more on finesse.

Thankyou everyone for the kind words and sage advice.

Mark

[bay bruiser]

I am fortunate enough to have brought Chris,s Zenaq FB53-20 , I have to agree with him, the Zenaq is no where near as parabolic as the JM 500 I snapped, The Zenaq is much stiffer in action. Recently I started to jig with 600gm jigs on this rod and this is where it comes into its own, that and hauling as hard as possible on some reasonable NZ kingfish. I think I have yet to push this rod to near its limits but it is defnitely the big gun in my arsenal. matched with a Ocea 4000, with Cals drag upgrade and Cals plate. I live in hope of really pushing it to its limits.
I understand that brutal toe to toe is not everyones cup of tea, but if its your thing get this Rod.

[gman]

Honestly ... I would tell you that Zenaq makes high quality rods that perform at very high levels. They are beautifully crafted with really high end components. I love the guides BTW. I owned 3 of them and loved them all but they were all casting models 76-4, 83-4 and 83-5. great tuna and GT rods

However with that said the Monster Buster is a big heavy rod made for deeeeeeep drops with heavy jigs for monsters. Its very stiff and heavy, which will hurt you in the end.

They make several models lighter which are beasts that can handle most fish that swim