Abu Garcia Carabus Delicate 622UL
Received the rod last week sometime, I had the chance to fish it in my pond a little bit during the week, and spent about 3 hours fishing it on Friday evening after work. The wife fished the MB3 634L and I fished the Carabus Delicate 622UL. It is the only rod I fished on the trip. As usual we were fishing for whatever would bite. We were catching bluegill/sunfish from 5 to a little over 7 inches, with one 8 incher on the Delicate and a couple 9 to 10 in black crappie. The fish put a nice bend to in the rod.
The rod weighs in at 99g, so it’s the heaviest of the Abu Garcia rods I’ve acquired this year. The rod didn’t feel heavy when it was the only rod I used on Friday paired with a Diawa Presso. I did rig it up on Saturday with a Abu Garcia Revo Beast while fishing, I only casted it a couple of times. The weight was noticeable at first after having been using a Carabus Extreme paired with the Daiwa Presso.
The rod is marketed as a lower price point area trout rod. I paid right under $90 including shipping from Tradeinn, with shipping taking about 3 weeks, though it seemed longer than that while I was waiting.
The rod comes with 7 Fuji New concept O ring guides, and a split Fuji reel seat. This is the first rod I’ve used with this type reel seat. I thought it might feel weird, turns out I never noticed it while fishing.
Overall impressions it’s basically as Abu Garcia describes it a lower price point rod made with pretty good components.
They say it has a soft action, I would agree, it doesn’t feel as crisp as the Carabus Extreme Nano or the MB3. Looking at the bending curves the action maybe just a hair slower than the others but not much. It’s hard to describe but the other rods feel more fun when bringing in a fish. For the price paid, I think it's worth it. I was just hoping that it might be a lower cost hidden gem.
Most likely I'll let my wife or other people use the rod when fishing on the boat. I just have other rods that offer more fun to me.
