MEGABASS Shoraku SL-72LS

If you’re attacking rockfish with hard bait, look no further than this rod. When used with small minnow lures or sinking pencils, it allows for repeated casts over a wide area, the ultimate in pleasant browsing. Thanks to the signature Shoreluck graphite shaft, which throws any kind of lure or rig much farther than the rest, this rod demonstrates a baffling long-distance castability. The special layered design of the latest 7’2” model feels firm in the hand, sending a clear plug action response down to your toes even when fishing from points high above the water. Engineered so that even the most delicate bites register as “metallic,” the peculiar tension of the extra fine tip lends acute sensitivity and responsiveness to your attacks. Unlike old-fashioned rods that only bend at the tip, the SL-72LS has an adaptive shaft that loads deeply during rigorous retrieves, thoroughly minimizing last-second losses at the surface. This rod easily contends not only with the fierce tugs of jumbo rockfish, but the sudden jerks of juvenile Japanese sea perch and blackhead seabream.

※The photograph is a prototype.

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