The Blue Current 74 prved to be a very strong light gear rod, able to stretch to its max and handle any fish thrown at it if fished right. the solid tip allowed small lures to be cast a mile, and surface lures worked extremely well. The rest of the rod loaded up parabolicly creating a clean bend thoughout the entire blank as if th 2 peice joint doesnt even exist. the 74 Blue current itself is 99 percent carbon making it a crisp graphite rod. The small split grip ultra hard EVA handles let any bite, hit, take or tapping on peices of structer can be fealt through the entire rod. Fishing with the rod is not only pleasurable but practcle for all day fishing. the 99 percent carbon blank, limitted split grip sectioning and small real seat make the rod very light, the EVA grip marks for a comfortable area to hold onto with the same sensativiy as cork without the wear and tare on your hands. perfectly matched with the light stradic ci4, 6 pound sunlight super PE nd fished with the sebile mini series lures this combo is a fish hunting machine.
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| The 74 picking up one of many tarpon in the few hour session |
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| the blue current capturing yet anther flathead |
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perfectly camo'd up againt the mangroves this flatty was still
pulled out from the smooth and reiable power in the rod |
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| tarpon slamming the perfectly worked plastics |
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stoked on the effort from this flathead daarting from snag
to snag then into the fast current. |
Hi Clay,
ReplyDeleteDo you have the 1000 or 2500 size Ci4 here?
I have a few YB rods, and want to upgrade my breaming gear.
Cheers
Hank
Hi Clay,
ReplyDeleteDo you have the 1000 or 2500 size Ci4 here?
I have a few YB rods, and want to upgrade my breaming gear.
Cheers
Hank
Hey mate. Yeah its the 1000 size. Its a real brute of a reel. I have put it through heaps of sand. Salt water. Mud. Everything but the reel still works perfect after a clean up and bit of grease. They are very light and pretty much impossible to corrode. Where are you based ?
ReplyDeleteBased in Adelaide, so mostly have to travel for good fishing. I do some kayak fishing but also really like land based. Exmouth is my favourite destination in Australia, and wading the flats is the main game there for me. I’m looking at the Bluecurrent 83/Ti which has just been released – previously the longest was 7’6”. I think a 2500 size Shimano would be too large and be unbalanced. Your 1000 size looks perfect, but I couldn’t see the reel size on your photos. I have 3 YB rods at present, a Ballistick 85/12 which I fish 10lb land based, a BlueSniper 70/3 for 30lb boat work, and a Bluecurrent 95M for 30lb land based spinning. I’ve got large enough fish on all these rods to really test them to the limit and they are really superb quality and feel all around. Very best value for money at the price, although that’s not cheap as you well know!
ReplyDeleteSorry...dunno what happened - not anonymous!
Deleteyou may want to look into getting a 2000 sized daiwa reel, the spool iss a little wider and allows a better cast and with the 83 bcurrent it would match perfectly, a nice reel to match would be the new 2000 sized luvias or if our not looking at spending that much on a reel the freams are very nice but budget orientated. if your looking at top of the line then an exist 2012 in the 2000 size would be perfect
DeleteYou can take a look at our last Exmouth trip here http://travellingangler.wordpress.com/
ReplyDeleteHey mate, what sort taper is the rod? Fast action?
ReplyDeleteWhere did you got the rod? Oversea?
Thanks
Matthew
Matthew, I bought my rods online from Jed Tokutomi at Cloud Nine Tackle in Yokohama Japan. It's hard to find them here locally; I've only see a couple the past 2yrs and then they're overpriced.
ReplyDeleteShipping is expensive, so best to get a few rods at once or club in with a couple mates to share costs.
On the matter of taper, these rods are lure casting rods designed to be used with braid, so the taper is designed around the rod working as the shock absorber when you're on, whereas if you use nylon mono you can get away with a faster rod and still have the same shock absorption qualities.
ReplyDeletethe current 74 has a tubular tip not a solid tip as stated at the beginning of the review
ReplyDeleteIt's a tubular tip
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