Kracka Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Gday all. Was hoping to get some suggestions for a specialist rock hopper rod. Looking to add to my slowly growing collection of fishing gear (sshhh don't tell my Mrs). I'd be leaning more towards targeting larger drummer, blackfish and odd groper. I currently use an alvey 12ft luderick special rod (8-10wrap) and a gladiator 11ft luderick rod (8wrap) paired with an alvey sidecast for all my rock fishing (eggbeater when spinning lures). They're both serving me well, being long and whippy but a tough butt so it gives me some stopping power even with drummer and the odd small kingfish or salmon. I always break a sweat when I hook a larger fish as I feel even the alvey may break...had it for 6 years... Still going strong though. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 It would be a big help if you told us what type of reel you want to run. Assuming you want to use an Alvey, you could do a lot worse than looking at a Gary Howard Surf Classic Heavy 8 - 12 kg, or a Gary Howard Greenback 6 - 10 kg. Both these rods are 13 foot 6 inches and would match well with an 650 Alvey for your large drummer and average groper. Just depends on what line class you want to run. Its a pretty tall ask to have one rod suited for drummer, blackfish and groper. I'd be taking your 12 foot blackfish rod along with you as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Hi Kracka- what size Alvey and what size line are you thinking? As Green Hornet suggested Gary Howard makes excellent rods for your purpose and has various models- depends on length, line and reel/size. I used 6" (600A5 no drag) from the rocks and 650 from sand. 600 is a fair bit lighter and plenty of line capacity for rocks around Sydney (barring live-baiting) Sounds like you want something like MT 8144 (8 wrap 12 ft)- good general rod- bit heavy for Bream, but good for Pigs, Snapper and you can manage Groper- again as Green Hornet suggested Gary Howard or Wilson (Snyder blank) MT series in 7, 8, or 9 wrap depending on line 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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