Thread: Yet another 5’6”

So, I'll confess to being tired, and it has been a long but, are you saying that you don't like the Trout 5'6" XUL? I am confused by the phrase " lesson in what a better rod feels like". I just received two of the 5'6" XUL and have not had the chance to fish them yet as we had to go out of town for week. I know they are far more limber than what I am used to.

Originally Posted by gunwhatgun

So, I'll confess to being tired, and it has been a long but, are you saying that you don't like the Trout 5'6" XUL? I am confused by the phrase " lesson in what a better rod feels like". I just received two of the 5'6" XUL and have not had the chance to fish them yet as we had to go out of town for week. I know they are far more limber than what I am used to.

I know about being tired this week myself. When you posted last night I had already been asleep in my chair for two hours. You don’t have to explain about being sluggish. My statement about the rods meant just the opposite of the way you took it. The trout x 6’ was really my first JDM high carbon rod and I couldn’t be happier. Light and sensitive and good looking too. The Lunakia came in after a trip or two with the trout x. It’s a light action and most of its action in the tip 18”. These rods feel everything that the lure encounters. The 5’6” that I used today is just a fun rod with all good attributes. Took me a while to quit putting it in the woods cuz it outcasts a lot of my other rods. The action is spread out through the rod on these, unlike a true fast action. It’s not parabolic. A twenty inch catfish had it looking like a horseshoe but not parabolic by any means.,