From Passionable Fishing, our Japanese-language journal.

First impressions

It is a five-foot, one-piece rod.

The scale reads something like 30.23 g. I am not sure how accurate the scale is, but it is around that figure. In other words, about 30 g.

The tip diameter is 0.63 mm, so it does not look extraordinarily fine. The overall balance is quite good.

I have a feeling that it might lift an aji of around shaku size—about 30 cm—out of the water, but I will not push it.

Although I have not fished with it yet at this point, around 1 g feels comfortable to handle. A rod like this might be difficult for a manufacturer to produce.

My points of comparison are the Gamakatsu Yoihime Ten 54FL and the Thirty Four UBR-510. Incidentally, the UBR-510 feels more sensitive to me than the Ten 54FL. That is purely my impression.

A line experiment that failed

This titanium-tip rod uses a MagnumCraft blank.

The line I put on it was a mistake.

I tried a line called Raku Ayu. Since each length was only 25 m, I joined three together.

The sound of friction through the guides was unbearably noisy. I could not use it. I could not really fish with it at all.

For ajing, ester line still feels the most natural to me.

A considerable expense for nothing. A complete failure. Well… I learnt something.

Originally published on our Japanese-language site, Passionable Fishing, on 27 Aug 2022. Translated for Avantgarde Fishing. These are the author’s personal observations at the time of writing. Product availability and fishing conditions may have changed.
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