question
01-31-2007, 12:25 PM
Is the number million modulus the most important and defining characteristic for a sensitive rod. The best jigging rod possible would have the highest modulus?
For example the Browning Midas Boron Rod M160MS is only $140 with 85-million modulus. Is that more or less modulus than St. Croix Avid or Loomis IMX series?
Mattman
01-31-2007, 01:45 PM
There is no industry standard for the use of IM ratings.
Company A can take IM9 graphite fibers, add a bunch of resin and fiberglass scrim to it, roll up a rod and call it an IM9 rod.
Company B can take IM6 graphite, use only a minimal amount of resin and use fiberglass scrim to roll it and then call their rod an IM6 rod.
Company B's rod is going to be the nicer of the two because they've polluted their main raw material less.
A great example of this comes right from Loomis. The GL3 and IMX are made from the same raw gaphite stock. IM-whatever. It doesn't really matter. The GL3 has glass scrim, the IMX has carbon scrim. The IMX is a much more sensitive rod.
St. Croix, Loomis etc, don't play the IM game because quite honestly, its an arbitary system at best. And often times it is quite misleading.
If equally constructed, the most sensitive and lightest jig rod will be the one with the highest modulus graphite.
Matt Davis
Better to have and not need than to need and not have!
Tom Miller
02-01-2007, 05:24 PM
Matt is correct, don't play the modulus game. I know fishing blanks very well. I live in PF where the St. Croix rods are made and a buddy of mine designs them. A rod cannot be made of 100% 85MSI material. It would blow up after 1 inch of deflection. Typically low end rods use this as a marketing tool to sell against the big boys. You don't see Loomis or Croix market it because it's meaning is a small percentage of the rods performance.........and they know better.
Tom