#1671, "RE: Calstar Grafiter 700L" In response to In response to 0
I wouldn't want a 700L for butt and WSB fishing, too fast of a tip. You'd rip the bait out of their mouth, but I don't know a durn thing about calicos so I can't help you there. I know that a lot of people like a 900xl fot them though. Try a Gx7 for butts and what not. Its a moderated taper rod so its more forgiving, granted its only rated upto 20#, with 12-15# be the optimum.
Brian, I don't see how you would fish 15# on s 700L, I have an 800L with 25# that has lots of backbone, I wouldn't hesitate to use 30# on it if I had to, but lucky for me I'm a ho and have a 700ML for that. The way I fish my graphiters are like this: