I knowI knoweveryone else uses floaters Many rods have a reputation for blowing up while fighting large tarpon
If it bothers you that the two main products I am talking about here happen to be from Savage Gear then so be it , but I am working with them and I can get access to some of the gear
Many people try to avoid backlash by casting lightly
For example, my mid-summer alpine hiking layers in the central US Rocky Mountains often includes a 115 gsm (gram per square meter) merino base layer (4.1 ounces / 116 g), a 60 gsm Polartec Alpha Direct hoody (3.5 ounces / 99 g), and a 7D waterproof trail running smock (3.1 ounces / 88 g), for a total system weight of 10.7 ounces (303 g): a system thats about a third of the weight of the one illustrated in the image above
While its not made with genuine Cordura nylon and it is made in Asia (if that matters to you), it is indeed made with 1050D nylon to take some serious abuse
Is a spinning or casting model better for catfish