G Loomis TSR690S GLX

[mountainman]

Hi; anyone own one of these? What is the action like? I thought at 5'9" it might be a good kayak rod for those casts under overhanging trees. Has it got enough power to pull out bass effectively from snags?

[Bobby Bass]

Originally Posted by mountainman

Hi; anyone own one of these? What is the action like? I thought at 5'9" it might be a good kayak rod for those casts under overhanging trees. Has it got enough power to pull out bass effectively from snags?

I would have thought it may be a bit light like most of the TSR's, they are trout rods. I havent even seen one ever.

[Rog78]

I had a TSR901-2 and a SR781-1. The 901-2 was a super noodle but still took down some decent fish and never broke the 781-1 I gave this little rod a real hard time and could never fault it good pulling power for such a small stick. If I were you I would not worry about the GLX save yourself a few dollars and grab a TSR691S-1 bumps up your line class and might give you a bit more grunt and ups your cast weight a bit too,although at the top of the scale I could cast 10grm poppers confidently with the 901 so you can always bump it up a little without worrying to much. G Loomis rods are all great rods just wish the they had better reel seats and guides that's probably the only thing stopping me from buying another.

[stella fella]

Hope you don't mind a couple of suggestions, just thought these would be well suited to what you're after

http://www.megabass.co.jp/products/b...s/f3-59xs.html

http://www.megabass.co.jp/products/b...3-511xsrc.html

[Bobby Bass]

Originally Posted by stella fella

Hope you don't mind a couple of suggestions, just thought these would be well suited to what you're after

http://www.megabass.co.jp/products/b...s/f3-59xs.html

http://www.megabass.co.jp/products/b...3-511xsrc.html

They are great rods but you can get 1 and a half custom rods for the same price. I had a FO 68XS just sold it, not for bass much too light. Best made rod I have ever used.

[stella fella]

Originally Posted by Bobby Bass

They are great rods but you can get 1 and a half custom rods for the same price. I had a FO 68XS just sold it, not for bass much too light. Best made rod I have ever used.

You can get a destroyer hatchet to your door for around $520. If you can get a decent custom rod for that much I'd sure as hell like to know how

[stella fella]

http://www.breammaster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40721

[Rog78]

Not the most comfortable grip for fighting fish with attitude,other than that nice rod at good price.

[BigMarn]

Mountainman, are you still looking for any info on these rods? I have one. One word. Brilliant.

[mountainman]

No, I ended up with a Daiwa black label 691MLS and its been great. Are they progressive action, slow or fast?

[BigMarn]

That's a very different rod! Ive got that one too. The Loomis is much lighter in hand, in power, with an exceptionally skinny blank. I wouldn't use it a lot for bream, more trout and other ultralight applications.