by Gottogo49 » Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:02 am
I tested the TFO Rod SWC 7’ M
Nice rod, good feel.
I prefer Medium Light for most of my fishing.
This rod has 9 guides plus tip vs. 8 on most of my rods.
The guides do not decrease in size as they approach the tip (just an observation).
Maybe it’s just me but the rod seems a little heavy in the tip.
That’s probably more due to the fact that it is a medium action that that the tip guides are larger.
The first two guides are triple footed and the rest are single footed.
I have a couple of rods that have all guides that are triple footed. (maybe heavier but much more durable, I somehow manage to mash the single footed guides.) The hook keeper is nice, I add one to my rods that don’t have one.
I like a bigger fore grip; it’s a holdover from my bass worm fishing days. When fishing corkies or mirrodines, I hold the fore grip with my fingers on the line. You can detect tiny bites that way. Hank Parker does that too.
I like a whole cork butt grip, it feels better to me. I use a double hand butt grip to get more distance from a cast. I have some arthritis in my hands and my grip is not strong with only one hand. The butt cap is too big to fit in my homemade rod holder (a minor thing for sure but could be a problem only for me). My honest opinion is that it is a nice rod and it casts very well but I would not buy it mainly because of the split butt grip.
To each his own, I guess that is why there are so many different rods in the stores. Thanks for letting me try it.