This rod turned out to have a very interesting history of making. I’ll start off by saying that before picturing this rod in my mind, I have remodeled over a hundred rods of other brands. Those were two-piece design rods, whose owners asked to cut the butt section and make an additional joint there because they didn't feel comfortable handling a rod with a transport length of 1.88 m. Those people had the following opinion: "A rod can be of any kind, but it has to have a two-piece design!!!", or "I would love to fish with a two-piece rod, but I don't because of its stupid transport length".
The decision to make an additional joint in the handle allowed me to make a rod that has all the advantages of a two-piece rod, BUT, its transport length when folded down was 1.37 m. It is also possible to transport it in a two-piece assembled version, equipped with a spool and the main line with a terminal tackle threaded through guides for quick assembly, for example, for working in competition mode when you need to quickly unpack several rods before a tour. I frequently have long discussions with my clients, and as it turns out, in reality, most owners always pack down their rods completely after fishing.
I made this rod for myself for two main tasks. The first was to fish very accurately at a distance of 65 meters. I had to cast the feeder from the side of the river bay to the edge with the main flow. The second task was to comfortably work with feeder weights of 80 grams + feed at a distance of 40 meters.
The end result is a rod with a casting weight range of 50-60-70-80 grams + feed, and sometimes I use this rod with a 90 grams feeder + feed when I fish at a distance of 35 meters. The bullet feeder of medium capacity easily flies to a distance of 75 meters. I also often use this rod for carp fishing with light flat feeders, where it is capable of performing long-range power casts.
There are several videos on my YouTube channel where I catch large trophy breams on a braided line, on light hooklengths without using a feeder gum. With its elegance and weight of only 225 grams, the rod is capable of casting very far and accurately and at the same time very successfully damp spurts of fish when playing, which instantly made it one of the most demanded rods among anglers.
For the balance of the tackle and comfortable work, on this rod I have made a handle of sufficient length – 455 mm, with a rear grip diameter of 26 mm. Medium-sized reels such as Daiwa 4000 by English numeration (old sizing), or a Daiwa 6000 LT concept would be ideal for this rod. The rod is equipped with a reliable 16-size Fuji TVS screw down reel seat that securely locks the reel foot.
The butt ring is 25 mm in size for good braid and line flow and to prevent rod wobbling when winding in the braid. The 3 oz quivertip comes fitted with 5 mm guides to work with thick braids and lines, and for large shock leader knots. The 1.5 and 2 oz quivertips have 4.5 mm instead of 5 mm guides – such decrease is deliberately made to reduce fluctuation of the soft quivertip after casting (reduced parasitic oscillations lower the risk of breakage of the quivertip).