8 coil Spinning stainless steel rod used on Packrods® (spinning version), Mountaineer®, Gulf Master®, and Outback® (Kayak King®), Rugged Flex® Spinning models for casting,spinning and trolling.
Eight coil rods are rated up to a 2 lb. fish.
These rods are designed so
the line runs from the reel, through the coils to the eye at the end of the rod. This facilitates the use of fancy lines such as fire wire, spider line and so on as they require the large eye before the small eye to cast properly.
As with all the rods, when trolling be sure to run your line through the coils for better control.
BASIC FISH WEIGHT/COIL CHART:
Less than 2 lbs, 8 coil
Less than 5 lbs, 7 coil
Less than 10 lbs, 6 coil
Less than 25 lbs, 4 coil
Dave's Rule #1 for picking the right number of coils? Err downwards! Think about what you catch the most, not what you want to catch. If you fish for 1 pound fish on Tuesdays and 15 pound fish on Wednesdays, then buy two different rods. More typically, we catch fishin in a range--2 lbs or less 2-6 lbs and so on. If you get the occassional 6 pound fish, don't step up to the 6 coil, stay with the 5 coil.
Here is a blog where I discuss a bit more indepth the different Emmrod® rods. http://www.mycompactfishing.com/blog/categories/fishing-equipment/
