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About Fishing Products including Make Your Own => Bass Fishing Products => Topic started by: 6 lb Smallmouth on December 24, 2014, 02:52:46 PM
Anybody check out the new G. Loomis IMX Drop Shot rods? They make one rated for 4-8 lbs and another one rated for 6-12 lb line. Going to be mainly used for open water smallmouth.
Got some Christmas money burning a hole in my pocket.
Ones a med lite and the other is a med
but there both a XF tip
I myself like Med for a DS rod and I like 7' or longer
Here's my opinion
I think the IMX series rods are over priced for what they are
I'd buy a Kistler Hel 3 or a Shimano Cumara if your paying retail (watch the sales your under 200)
And I did pick up a couple NRX 852S for about that price. It's a much better rod
I also have dropshot rods with bashida a blanks they will sell for $175 with microwavegides
these are the best rods i have had n my hands on sincew I havce been fishing
For the money I'd rather have a Shimano Cumara. CUS DX72M, which is a 7'2" Medium XF. In fact I like this rod so much I have 2 of them (I like to drop shot!). Matched with a Stradic Ci4 it's never met a smallie it couldn't handle (or those pesky pike). This is a very light, very sensitive set up and the rod is normally about $90-100 less than the IMX.
Gary Loomis has designed rods for TFO the Gary's Tactical Series or GTS rods are outstanding they have a price point of $160.00 you will find them to meet or exceed the performance of and IMX.
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