To explain it a little better, the old rods that many of us still look for had some of these very same so called " Parabolic Actions". These rods are desired for trolling, sharking, chunking, etc... because of the way the rod will assist in the hook set, make it easier for the angler to fight the fish when that fish sees the boat and decides to show you what he really has. Problem has always been, the materials the rod blanks were made of, caused the rods to be larger, heavier, plus we were using larger reels.
Todays technology is allowing for smaller, lighter rods, as well as smaller reels. We took this concept once I was made a "believer" of these new jigging rods, and we started searching. We have had many blanks run, some good, some bad. We have broken a good amount of rods too! It has not been all glory, by any means.
Since 2010, I would say we went through at least a dozen blanks for each model we offer now. ( WE have 5 or 6 models we offer now, to give you an idea) Stupid mistakes, too much faith, trying to do too much, all part of the mistakes we have made. As of last year, it started coming together, then Sandy came along and crushed our big FALL Premier we planned on!
For example, we have guys fighting sharks and landing fish over 400# on the JCT Combo Rod. When matched with a smaller stronger reel, these guys are using what looks like a blackfish, fluke rod to land mako, threshers! ( in much less time too) This is the rod below, so you can see what I am talking about
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Below its matched with a Canyon EX-16 Reel.
Now that other builders are starting to talk about similar rods, I have guys/customers/friends, ready to start internet wars, claiming they are stealing ideas. Truth is, I don't see it that way. A good builder will always look to improve their product. The guys who claim they are the first to come up with the idea, well they are not, and I doubt we were the first either. Im sure somebody thought of it before we did. The issue here is that I have not been clear on the concept and amount of rods we offer like this. I assumed it was known without the long explanations. We started offering them to the public last year, after testing since 2010 with many charter boats located all over the world, including Australia.
