From Passionable Fishing, our Japanese-language journal.

This was easy to use. For the time being, it was just what I needed.

I found it easier to handle than the Yoihime Ten, without the same end-grip issue.

In a slightly difficult situation, it caught a fish on the very first cast.

An automatic with four-wheel drive: flexible enough to deal with almost any situation.

A small Jeep and a luxury four-wheel drive

The Yoihime EX S51FL was easy to use too, though a little short. That was the small-Jeep type.

The Yoihime Hana S69FL felt like a longer version of it: a luxury four-wheel drive with the reach for longer distances.

If these rods were cars, the Yoihime FL models would behave like four-wheel-drive vehicles.

I liked how easily I could adapt my approach with them when the fish were reluctant to bite.

My wife’s second rod

Recently, my wife had been making good use of the Evergreen Superior SPRS-63SL-S. It seemed to have become her second rod.

After that, my own choice of rods gradually shifted as I tuned other rods and tried different things.

These are impressions from the article first published in March 2021 and updated that November. The vehicle comparisons describe the author’s sense of each rod’s character.

Originally published on our Japanese-language site, Passionable Fishing, on 6 Mar 2021. 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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