Walking into a tackle shop you always come across all these fancy high end rods that just get the mouth drooling, but there are alot of us out there that don't have that luxury of mortgaging the house to get one. The gomoku rods are a fairly new rod on the market and range in sizes from PE 0.4 up to PE 3. They are a nice rod that fill the gap between the low to high end, going as far as replacing some high end sticks I'd say. Although they may look like a cheap little child's flick rod they are far from the case as I have found out using these.
My first introduction to these was a day out on a mates boat, being told to bring light gear and use jigs/plastics to see if we can entice some tasty table fish. Arriving at the jetty to load up all the gear I see this little white rod with green handles sitting in the corner, jokingly saying "we chasing some bait on the way out". Getting to the first spot and seeing a jig being tied to it I was thinking to myself had my mate gone mad, does he know what he's doing, does he like donating his gear to the ocean?! Well I was quickly put in my place once the first drift was underway, something big hit his jig and the little green gomoku was buckled over for most of the fight looking like it was just going to explode from all the stress on it. Yet it refused to give in, eventually beating the fish and bringing it in. Not once not twice but all day doing it and never looking like faltering. Straight after getting off the boat I was down to get me one for myself and have never looked back.
The gomoku rods come in three sizes, green (PE 0.4-1), red (PE 0.8-1.5) and blue (PE 1.5-3) and in both spin and overhead setups with a black (PE 2-4) to arrive on the market soon. They were originally made for the micro jigging market in Japan, but since being brought to oz have really taken off as a great jig and plastics rod for inshore and light offshore use. All top components are used from the Fuji reel seat to the Fuji Alconite guides and graphite blank, when you see the price it's really hard not to grab more than one. Being able to jig from 10g right up to 160g they suit any form of fishing, matching up to a 3000 to 5000 size reel these become a real deadly combo indeed having accounted for some seriously impressive catches.
Whether it be sambo jigging or chasing sailfish these have landed them all and more. At a price of around $150 AUD from most shops it's really hard to say no to them. I could just load this article with dozens of photos of fish I've personally landed on these great rods, but the best advice I can give about these rods is go out grab one and give them a try. Even if you are a bit sceptical, as once you use it you'll be keeping it as your go to light tackle rod.
Hope to see you out there gomokuing hard, tight lines and stay safe.
Reece
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