Thread: Abu Garcia Carabus Delicate 622UL

Z, Abu makes great bang-the-$ rods for sure, but be careful. Their blanks somehow seems brittle when bend beyond necessary...I've had hairline fractures on 2 MB, a first Gen and a MB3, just saying. And I believe a member Alpha posted a damage top section on a Abu Finesse rod as well, maybe we just bad luck..lol.

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Originally Posted by LVSpinfisher1

Z, Abu makes great bang-the-$ rods for sure, but be careful. Their blanks somehow seems brittle when bend beyond necessary...I've had hairline fractures on 2 MB, a first Gen and a MB3, just saying. And I believe a member Alpha posted a damage top section on a Abu Finesse rod as well, maybe we just bad luck..lol.

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You are correct. I've come to the conclusion that to protect myself as much as possible when pursuing high end rods that I need to look for the tech in the blanks. Rods from Graphite Leader.....TenRyu....and the new Major Craft Banshee are using T1000G...MX40, or in TenRyu's case Magna Flex, gives the rods much more elasticity yet allow them to keep the very high sensitivity. EverGreen also uses T1000G...and there are many others. While I really enjoy fishing my Abu Garcia rods it is not lost on me that when comparing them side by side with my rods that have the T1000G they are not as robust. Now having said that I have caught several thousand fish with the ABU's with no issues save for that one rod that broke several years back. But going forward I will look for the high tech blanks.


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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

You are correct. I've come to the conclusion that to protect myself as much as possible when pursuing high end rods that I need to look for the tech in the blanks. Rods from Graphite Leader.....TenRyu....and the new Major Craft Banshee are using T1000G...MX40, or in TenRyu's case Magna Flex, gives the rods much more elasticity yet allow them to keep the very high sensitivity. EverGreen also uses T1000G...and there are many others. While I really enjoy fishing my Abu Garcia rods it is not lost on me that when comparing them side by side with my rods that have the T1000G they are not as robust. Now having said that I have caught several thousand fish with the ABU's with no issues save for that one rod that broke several years back. But going forward I will look for the high tech blanks.


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What is this new Major Craft rod that you speak of??? Thanks!

Originally Posted by redearhoosier

What is this new Major Craft rod that you speak of??? Thanks!

Previous topic. has a link to promtion video from Major Craft.
Majorcraft Banshee new rod (crappie.com)



I haven't seen much info on it yet, maybe someone can offer more insight. I also haven't looked real hard to find more info just a basic google search.

Originally Posted by zekepa

Previous topic. has a link to promtion video from Major Craft.
Majorcraft Banshee new rod (crappie.com)



I haven't seen much info on it yet, maybe someone can offer more insight. I also haven't looked real hard to find more info just a basic google search.

Not sure when it will be in stock but the specs look great. I've watched all of Major Craft videos on the rod and as soon as it is in the market I will get one. Major Craft has always been known to give you a lot of rod for the money. This rod has the T1100G and Toray M40X carbon. Those materials allow for a more robust rod yet still have the great sensitivity. I have a few rods with the T1100G and I really like them. When you compare them to the Slow Taper.....the older model Banshee.....the Diplomat, and the Carrabus Extreme you can tell the difference in the feel. You also get the sense when fishing these rods that they do have more forgiveness for times when minor mishaps occur. T1100G has been around for a while....along with the other blank materials...but it is more expensive. I don't want to give the impression that rods not made with these materials break with ease as that is not the case at all. I feel that going forward all high end rods will be using the high tech blanks.

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