Beginner Egi Rod

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Re: Beginner Egi Rod

Post by dazz999 » Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:45 pm

purple5ive wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:55 pm
Rui ones are hard to find now.
He stopped making them afaik..
Hey how do they compare to the emeraldas mx rods .
i thought the first batch he had made he was,nt happy with and sold off quite cheap?

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Re: Beginner Egi Rod

Post by purple5ive » Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:52 pm

dazz999 wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:45 pm
purple5ive wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:55 pm
Rui ones are hard to find now.
He stopped making them afaik..
Hey how do they compare to the emeraldas mx rods .
i thought the first batch he had made he was,nt happy with and sold off quite cheap?
I haven't used one yet, but yes the first batch he wasn't happy with how they turned out and he sold them really cheap. I believe ducky has one of those.

The second batch was supposedly really good. And piscatuer and few others have those.

I'm yet to use one, but he has stopped bringing them in because he said it was a lot if headache to do them to his satisfaction. I had the chance to buy the last one but I couldn't afford it at the time. They are pretty lightweight and very nicely made.

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Re: Beginner Egi Rod

Post by dazz999 » Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:01 pm

purple5ive wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:52 pm
dazz999 wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:45 pm
purple5ive wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:55 pm
Rui ones are hard to find now.
He stopped making them afaik..
Hey how do they compare to the emeraldas mx rods .
i thought the first batch he had made he was,nt happy with and sold off quite cheap?
I haven't used one yet, but yes the first batch he wasn't happy with how they turned out and he sold them really cheap. I believe ducky has one of those.

The second batch was supposedly really good. And piscatuer and few others have those.

I'm yet to use one, but he has stopped bringing them in because he said it was a lot if headache to do them to his satisfaction. I had the chance to buy the last one but I couldn't afford it at the time. They are pretty lightweight and very nicely made.
Thank,s made for the reply i will check what model piscatuer has

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Re: Beginner Egi Rod

Post by dazz999 » Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:03 pm

piscateur wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:13 pm
Got here too late, was gonna say Rui rods ($300) are pretty awesome for the money. The componentry would value the rod in excess of $600. Toray Blank, TISic guides, and Fuji Seat. Its super lights and responsive and throws a jig a mile, (which I find very helpful landbased for covering ground). I also use a Hearty Rise Egi force ($359) (Dunno if u can still get them) Has a fantastic blank and balances my 2000 Certate perfectly, which is a fair effort for an 8'3" rod.
Ive felt quite a few Egi rods and they don't measure to the two above. Calamaretti, all of the Emeraldas models, even Breaden didnt impress.
What to look for?
1) Light in the hand as you're working the Jig like a mad man, and its a long rod too generally in excess of 8 foot.
2) Cast a mile, (No way to test but to have a cast unfortunately, getting that extra 5 -10M could mean the difference between reaching a reef of weed bed from shore
3) Crispness to fee the take,/ bottom feature.
What model do you use thank,s

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Re: Beginner Egi Rod

Post by CarlG » Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:25 pm

I've got one of the second batch Rui rods, love it.
Was at full stretch a couple of weeks ago, bringing in a big cala, then a couple of cuttles across big tide flow down South of the bay. Rod performed flawlessly.

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Re: Beginner Egi Rod

Post by purple5ive » Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:18 pm

dazz999 wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:01 pm
purple5ive wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:52 pm
dazz999 wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:45 pm
purple5ive wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:55 pm
Rui ones are hard to find now.
He stopped making them afaik..
Hey how do they compare to the emeraldas mx rods .
i thought the first batch he had made he was,nt happy with and sold off quite cheap?
I haven't used one yet, but yes the first batch he wasn't happy with how they turned out and he sold them really cheap. I believe ducky has one of those.

The second batch was supposedly really good. And piscatuer and few others have those.

I'm yet to use one, but he has stopped bringing them in because he said it was a lot if headache to do them to his satisfaction. I had the chance to buy the last one but I couldn't afford it at the time. They are pretty lightweight and very nicely made.
Thank,s made for the reply i will check what model piscatuer has
He only makes one model mate. If you find one buy it I recon.
It's called explosive squid law or something along those lines.

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Re: Beginner Egi Rod

Post by dazz999 » Thu Dec 05, 2019 5:09 pm

CarlG wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:25 pm
I've got one of the second batch Rui rods, love it.
Was at full stretch a couple of weeks ago, bringing in a big cala, then a couple of cuttles across big tide flow down South of the bay. Rod performed flawlessly.
is that the Rui k-crusher pro model

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Re: Beginner Egi Rod

Post by purple5ive » Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:49 pm

dazz999 wrote:
Thu Dec 05, 2019 5:09 pm
CarlG wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:25 pm
I've got one of the second batch Rui rods, love it.
Was at full stretch a couple of weeks ago, bringing in a big cala, then a couple of cuttles across big tide flow down South of the bay. Rod performed flawlessly.
is that the Rui k-crusher pro model
Yeah that's ringing a bell. Lol. I've never paid attention to the name

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Re: Beginner Egi Rod

Post by CarlG » Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:44 pm

dazz999 wrote:
Thu Dec 05, 2019 5:09 pm
CarlG wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:25 pm
I've got one of the second batch Rui rods, love it.
Was at full stretch a couple of weeks ago, bringing in a big cala, then a couple of cuttles across big tide flow down South of the bay. Rod performed flawlessly.
is that the Rui k-crusher pro model
It's the squid law 'explosive limit'
Which is somewhat ironic given my history with rods.

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Re: Beginner Egi Rod

Post by piscateur » Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:35 am

dazz999 wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:03 pm
What model do you use thank,s
I use the K-Crusher (Pretty sure that's what its called), and he still has some left.

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