Shakespeare Sapphire Plus Rod

[Subtropic]

Hi Brains Trust

Is anyone familiar with the old Shakespeare Sapphire Plus rod? I have one never used but thinking about using it to spin off the rocks. It has a 6-10kg rating, no other information is written on the rod.

Cheers

Grant

[Rebel]

 

If it is over 10ft should be ok.

I use a 10ft 8-15 kg rod on the rocks.

[Subtropic]

It’s a very rigid rod so will be interesting to see it’s action. What do you chase off the rocks?

[Green Hornet]

I just googled the rod and if it’s the one I saw, it’s 7 foot long which is a bit short for the rocks unless you have relatively deep water right at your feet.

That being said, a 6-10kg rod should be capable of handling good size tailor and salmon along with small tuna such as frigates and bonito. At a pinch, you could add rat kings and medium size mack tuna if you have somewhere low to wash them out or a gaff/large landing net.

Ideally you should be looking at something a little longer in my opinion. I’d be going for something around 9 or 10 foot. That way you can stay a little further back from the edge (safety) and improve your casting distance significantly.

[Subtropic]

Yeah I just did a search on the net and they were selling them at MoTackle years ago. My rod is 10ft, so at some stage this particular model must have a decent range.

Hopefully this weekend I will give it a go.

[Green Hornet]

12 hours ago, Subtropic said:

Yeah I just did a search on the net and they were selling them at MoTackle years ago. My rod is 10ft, so at some stage this particular model must have a decent range.

Hopefully this weekend I will give it a go.

Sounds good then. Good luck on the weekend.