That's what makes constantly buy jigs, rods, reels, books, magazines with the surface iron imprinted. People ask me, "Why do you spend the immense amount of money of surface iron stuff?" I used to give a list of reasons, no a more reasonable explaination is as you said, "just cause."

i presonaly have a torium 16 and love it
i got a killer deal on it like 160 brand new
but is is super reliabile and i can fish for rockfish,halibit,salmon and albcore all with the same real
is just have few differnt rods
plus a loot of people tell me it is excacle the same as the trinidad just minus one bearing an 200 bucks hahaha :jig:

Lots of great information all have contributed here. I'm in the market for a new rod & reel and all this has been very informative for me.:you_rock:

On the lighter side, I can just see you now, 50+ pounds heavier and tossing the iron beyond the horizon! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqj-1r2VH5w

BUMP

I was trying to educate my self on a good setup for throwing surface iron and came across this thread. Some great info!

I have a couple Toriums, but I'm still not sure what to look for in a rod to pair it with

THE DARK HORSE and The KID on the same thread!!!
pure gold!!!!

Can anyone weigh in on the Penn Fathom 25N. Supposedly it's got the narrow spool and can free spool for forever and a day. Anyone here recommend it or not?

OK I'm gonna be the odd man out and suggest shimano 100 charter special, lever drag level wind. About $ 90.00. Cast control and graghite reel. Awesome yak setup. And yes it will chuck a iron a mile