Thread: Deep South Rods

I am fortunate enough to be amongst the first in South Africa to own Deep South rods as to be stocked by the Bassing.co.za shop. I have the 7'4" deep cranking rod (Mag/med line wt 10-20lb) and the 7' Lake Seminole Special rod (Med/hvy line wt 12-17lb). I cannot wait to try these out as they are light and feel ultra sensitive. Each rod has a serial number and they come with a warrantee.

look forward to the reviews, what is the graphite rating on them?

They don't have IM ratings but they use 30 ton Japanese graphite which is apparently the better stuff (you get a lower quality Chinese praghite as well)

30 Ton Graphite, non sanded blanks

Originally Posted by Robdog

I am fortunate enough to be amongst the first in South Africa to own Deep South rods as to be stocked by the Bassing.co.za shop. I have the 7'4" deep cranking rod (Mag/med line wt 10-20lb) and the 7' Lake Seminole Special rod (Med/hvy line wt 12-17lb). I cannot wait to try these out as they are light and feel ultra sensitive. Each rod has a serial number and they come with a warrantee.

The Seminole Rod is by far one of my favorite rods. We are actually dropping the name from that rod and basically calling it a worm/jig rod. It is a multi-purpose rod with lot's of fishing turning power.

Originally Posted by El Grande

30 Ton Graphite, non sanded blanks

Wow Rob you really ARE lucky, the shop ain't even open yet!! lol .....

Eek 30-ton?! How do us newbies know what the difference is between "tons of graphite" etc.? I have heard of IM6 and IM7, IM10 etc.

Maporra, the easiest way for me to explain the tonage issue is that it is more dense than lower tonage blanks. I stay away from modulus rating as I think they are confusing.

Could you maybe post some pics please El Grande.....im Burning to have a glimps at them....hehe

Originally Posted by Robdog

I am fortunate enough to be amongst the first in South Africa to own Deep South rods as to be stocked by the Bassing.co.za shop. I have the 7'4" deep cranking rod (Mag/med line wt 10-20lb) and the 7' Lake Seminole Special rod (Med/hvy line wt 12-17lb). I cannot wait to try these out as they are light and feel ultra sensitive. Each rod has a serial number and they come with a warrantee.

Good luck with them Rob, so much for that recession.

El grande......which rod would you advise to use on a twitchbait like rapal x-raps etc line rating from 8lb?