Line Choice

[JohnnyV]

moonlitflies;I guess I am trying to figure out the bennifit of all the seperate sections being combined together rather than longer sections. What I mean by this is it simply that it is easier to do shorter sections, or does it actually transfer energy better than longer sections?
Cheers,
Brandon

Brandon,
This is Eddie's answer about the length of the line segments:

"Hi John,
The answer is simple.
I furled the lines by hands before, and I had to reach both ends of the
line. So 1.2 m is the maxmum length I was able to furl.
Eddie"

[moonlitflies]

John

Thanks for the quick response! I wondered if that was what it was.

Tight line,
Brandon

[JohnnyV]

John

Thanks for the quick response! I wondered if that was what it was.

Tight line,
Brandon

Thank Eddie for being so patient with all my goofy questions and always being prompt with answers.

[scorpion1971]

I find the lines from 12-20 ft very easy to keep off the water. As the lines get longer all the way to 40 ft, there is really no way to keep all the line off of the water, there will be some line on the water even with 15 and 17 ft rods (yes I have access to a 17 ft tenkara rod).

John,

What rod do you have that is 17ft? Would you mind giving us a review of this rod? The longest rod I have is the Nissin 4510 ProSquare.

Mike P.

[JohnnyV]

John,

What rod do you have that is 17ft? Would you mind giving us a review of this rod? The longest rod I have is the Nissin 4510 ProSquare.

Mike P.

It is a Diawa Kiyose 53MF that my partner EriK has been testing and evaluating for Chris Stewart (Tenkarabum.com)

It is a 15-17ft zoom rod for keiryu fishing. It is a monster of a rod. At full extension you cast with 2 hands. Not because it is heavy, it is just freaking long.

Chris has a really good review here: http://www.tenkarabum.com/daiwa-kiyose-43mf.html

I have the smaller brother the 43MF and it is a very nice zoom rod for larger stronger fish. 7-8 pound carp, not a problem for these rods, much more backbone than traditional tenkara rods and you can really put the rod to work on large/strong fish.

John

[GregM]

John,
What is the maximum tippet suggested/possible for the 43MF?


Greg

[CM_Stewart]

Golden, actually the 43MF has a slightly stiffer butt and slightly softer tip than the Amago. The difference is not all at great http://www.tenkarabum.com/daiwa-kiyose-43mf.html but it is enough to be noticeable if you cast the two rods back to back. Since you already have an Amago, the main benefit of the 43MF would be the zoom function, which gives the ability to fish it at the shorter length in tighter spots, plus the lighter weight.

The rod should be available again next spring.

[Paul Arnold]

The additional info from Chris is very intertesting, but I'd still like to read John's answer to Golden's excellent question requesting a hands on comparison after using the Amago and the Daiwa 43MF.

~Paul

[moonlitflies]

I to would like to hear the comparison, but unfortunately we won't be hearing from John for a bit it looks like. Cheers
Brandon

[Paul Arnold]

Hey, Brandon, that's a pretty cryptic message. It leaves me wondering if tragedy has befallen friend John. Or has he headed for Christmas Island for some tenkara bonefishing with his Daiwa 43MF? ~pfa