Nicknamed the "Big Fish Hunter", Kozo Okubo oversaw this wide range of fishing rods created to target the largest species of fish, whether saltwater or freshwater.
- S55EX/J2: Capable of taking a PE 10 braid and a 500 g jig, this is an ultra-powerful jig rod that can also be used for trolling on billfish provided you adjust its setting correctly. brake.
Full floating roller guides AB1 patented product !
Titanium sheave, stainless ballbearing and aluminium frame !
These amazing rollers autorise the roller to follow completely the curve of the blank without any rigidity, in contrary to all ever rollers created and existing !
Besides, the more pression / drag applied to the roller is pushing pressure on the foating feet of the roller to help to get back to 0° angle !!!! Thus, both fisherman and roller are fighting the fish and using 100 % of the blank !!
Also available in Full titanium and carbon/ titanium feet !
Long awaited expedition rod for Blue fin tuna hunters! All models spinning model Irregular two-piece specification of grip on the part desorption Blank material: 8 + 24 + 30t + 4way X-across graphite (Smith original multi-axis graphite) Guide: All models Fuji Sic Ocean guide adopted. Triple wrapping
This outstanding new collection "slow pitch" is designed when a slow motion animation on lures is needed or when you are using a livebait such as squid on dritfting for amberjack, dentex, coral trout or sailfish with bonito belly and strike detection is a major part of the hooking.
the particularity remain in the patented AB1 blank single taper, combinating Dynanotex, Carbon/Dynanotex and Carbon and allowing an amazing sensibility and an impressive power starting in the middle of the blank to strike and lift the fish !
you'll be able to use a tenya / madaï or a squid and target amberjack, grouper, with sensibility and an amazing power.
Besides, this amazing blank can be used in a spinning or casting mode, allowing to also target dorado fish with small stickbait !!
To create this new serie of stand up rod AB1, unidirectionnal carbon fibers pre-impregneted with differents modulus has been used, and placed with different angles to get the maximum resistance and with the best manufacturing. This has been possible with a big research and devellopment to create and compare the blanks manufactured and check if this new process match the specifications requested ! Final production has been launched with 8 unidirectionnals carbon fiber layers. this can be realized only with a specialized craftmanship