It is for weight savings. One thing is true no matter the rod….the lighter it is the more sensitive it is. I have trout rods that have full cork handles and real wood seats. I don’t care about sensitivity with those rods as I am using them with hard lures. I do not want full cork on my bluegill and crappie rods. I want them as sensitive as possible. My lightest rod is 1.6 ounces. My stream trout rods are around 3 ounces or a little more….expensive rods but not worth a crap detecting a light bite using micro plastics. I’ll throw something else out to you…the heavier the reel you put on a rod it also takes away from the sensitivity. A rod is at its best when it is just the blank…the minute you start adding to the blank the less sensitive it becomes. Many rod builders have become very adapt at building rods with very minimal weight being added. They look to save a gram here and a gram there.

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