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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Mission Hills, CA
Posts: 184
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Is the carbon drag in the Seagate as good as what you would typically upgrade the Sealine to? How much does upgrading Sealine drags cost? What's the advantage of a gearbox rotated forward? So Sealine's click when you reel even with the bait clicker off? |
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Point Loma
Posts: 584
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Rotating the gear box gets it out of the way. I cant seem to hold the rod the way I want to with a sealine. Makes the biggest difference when tossing the surface iron. The seagates have the same silent dogs that the saltist does. The sealines do not and make a slight clicking sound. It doesn't make much difference and honestly you really only notice it in the shop. You won't hear it over your hooting and hollering when you're hooked up! |
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 75
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I've got a 30 for bait, with a 7' medium tiger, would get the tiger lite if I did it again. 40 or 50 with a medium heavy for iron
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Mission Hills, CA
Posts: 184
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http://www.uglystik.com/Ugly-Stik-Ti...start=17&sz=16 On the 7' normal Tigers, there seems to be 2 different model numbers each for the M and MH. I can't see any difference in the specifications. Does anyone know what the different model #'s mean? http://www.uglystik.com/Ugly-Stik-Ti...efault,pd.html Why would you prefer the Tiger Lite if you did again for the bait setup? |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Jaco, Costa Rica
Posts: 119
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You get what you pay for on those Ugly Stix. They can't take a beating at all. Easily broke the end off one rod in less than 4 months. The other the braid wore a grove into the the eye tip and thus would weaken the braid so that it broke, again 4 to 6 months.
I won't ever use them again. My Shimano's never have issues, but at three times the price. Love em
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Mission Hills, CA
Posts: 184
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I have a 12 year old freshwater 6'8" M Ugly Stik and it still works fine. During the first years of ownership, I used that rod a lot and I was not gentle with it. I've hit it on things multiple times and now it's my loaner rod so it's always getting abused. I also have 2 Shimano Crucials which I'm way more careful with. One has broken twice and the other once, so 3 replacements from Shimano in the last 4 years. My "Lifetime Warranty" that I thought I was paying for when I bought these rods have also magically disappeared. I love my Crucials; they are sensitive and light but durability is definitely not their strong point. Obviously my statement above doesn't apply to all Shimano rods. Shimano makes a ton of different rods for lots of different purposes and lots of different price points. Even my own experience with my old freshwater Ugly Stik is not exactly applicable to a discussion on a modern Ugly Stik Tiger rod but the general consensus on Ugly Stiks seems to be they are really tough. Last edited by CardShark; 05-03-2015 at 12:35 PM. |
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 15
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If you are wearing a groove into the guide, you are either using way too much drag or got a defect Imo. I haven't had problems fishing up to 15# drag with 50# braid. |
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#8 |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Jaco, Costa Rica
Posts: 119
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These are the ones I bought.
Shakespeare BWCJL 2200 63 Ugly Stik Tiger Lite Jigging Rod - Casting Never again. Used in a normal fishing setting. Other than defective, I thought they we're a bit bulky, cumbersome and too much action on the tip as another poster pointed out. Maybe these we're defective, but I won't risk finding out again. Plenty of other fine choices for rods. I use Avet's also.
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla
Posts: 2,643
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[QUOTE=CardShark;226763]I only see one 7' Tiger Light (BWCL220070) and its rated Heavy and for 14-40lb test. This was actually the rod I was leaning towards. Is that the rod you're saying is too light for YT?
The model I have is the BWC 2200 7.0, action medium light, 12-30lb. it is beefy enough further down but the 1/3 to the tip is super light and flexes a lot at the slightest weight. It would be fine with yellows below 15lbs but I would not have wanted to try and land a 20+lbs yellow. Also it seems too light for any heavy irons. I would opt for a Medium in 20 to 50lb range BWC220170 or BWCA0220170 Sports Chalet has then for $59.95 on line or $64.95 at the store.
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Mission Hills, CA
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