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Backbeach built me one back in prob 2002 based on all the rave of the blank at that time that the top 3 1/2 inches snapped off on the first cast with a small storm shad. Threw a new tip guide on it and tried using it as an all around rod but back then I didn't even carry plugs cause all I fished were eels and the rod was stiff so used to snap eels off on casts all the time. As I am not a gear head and have used the same 1205 blanks since then I chalked it up to the blank sucked. I made a few casts a couple of weeks ago with my buddy's old ass 1208 to get a comparison to the new odm rods I moved onto from lamiglass and I must say it is all about the tip with those blanks cause even though it was his 10' against my 11' it was a light weight dream.
I feel your pain and regret
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