The Pro's Tactic

Berkley Pro Tactic Series Rods

Coming off the back of one of the most popular range of rods ever sold in Australia, the ‘Berkley Drop Shot’ these all new super upgraded models are set to whack everything but your wallet!!

The Pro Tactic Series of rods where spawned from the modern day anglers need for better quality fishing equipment, without the need to get a second mortgage. Taking what we learnt from what the anglers of this country told us, the Australian division of Berkley selected tapers, marginally changed lengths and upgraded the graphite quality to create the foundation of any good rod; the blank!
Using IM8 (47 million modulus) grade graphite the blanks are now lighter, faster and much more responsive and sensitive then there predeceased IM6 Drop Shot cousins. This graphite upgrade produces faster rod tip speeds for longer more accurate casting, better hook setting properties, more bite sensitivity and much less casting arm fatigue. You would have to agree, using better quality graphite does have a lot of advantages!!

The rod grips have also had a reasonable overhaul with 3 out of the 4 rods having considerable ergonomic design changes. More so the two lighter spin rod. Using Fuji IPS winches and custom cork work, these grips are built to not only feel good but to perform well.
Rounding off the grips and winches are Titanium colored Fuji aluminum butt caps, winch accents and winding checks.



One of the best feature on these rod are the Fuji Titanium framed, Silicon Carbide ringed guides. These guides are 35 to 45% light than the equivalent size and shape Fuji guides. This weight reduction increases tip speed, rod sensitivity and lowers casting arm fatigue. The Sic rings are the smoothest guide insert available anywhere in the world today. And probably best of all, the frames are impervious to saltwater which means they wont ever rust! (And being that they’re made from Titanium they have great shape retention which means fewer guide breakages for knuckle heads like me!).



The Pro Tactic rods are finished off with three color binds and metallic copper blank coloration; all in all a snazzy looking creature!!



The modes of Pro Tactics are –
• 700 – Length 7’ Line Class 2 – 5kg Spin
• 700H – Length 7’ Line Class 4 – 7kg Spin
• 6010 – Length 6’10” Line Class 2 – 4kg Spin
• 680 – Length 6’8” Line Class 3 – 5kg Baitcaster

If you’re in the market for a new pole and you didn’t figure on hacking off an arm or a leg to get it, pick up a Pro Tactic and give it a run around your nearest tackle emporium. You won’t be disappointed!!!

Over and out!

Royter.

Is that a Lime Tiger in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Nuclear Chicken & Lime Tiger Saltwater GULP!

Just incase you didn’t already know, I’m a self confessed ‘new stuff’ junky. After all, who dies with the most fishing tackle wins yeah?
But this lot it seems, I did miss. So I’m now thinking, somebody had better slap me fairly hard in the chops for missing this one!

Anyway, for all the people who, like me, have had there head in the sand the last couple of months, this you could say is fairly new stuff!

So all be it late, there it is........

Not ground braking stuff by any stretch of the imagination but I think exciting enough to warrant a small write up. In hind sight, its not a bad thing to give a new product a bit of time to show its worth and after several touraments and countless fishing trips we're starting to get some very healthy feed back indeed!!

What we've got are two new colors in 4 new shapes in Gulp! Saltwater; goes a little like this!
• Colors - Nuclear Chicken & Lime Tiger.
• Shapes – 3” Minnow Grub, 3” Fry, 3” Minnow and 6” Sand Worm.


For all you fans of the 'Fry' and the 'Minnow', I have know doubt that you’ll love fishing these two new colors. Having an ‘In ya face’, ‘reaction bite’ color can really turn the tide on a day when things are slow or shut down!
The highly visible, contrasting colors of the Nuclear Chicken give it a visible attractiveness that's 2 to 3 times that of any other color in the range, allowing it to be sighted and attacked by both individual and schooling fish from grater distance in most water clarities.
The Lime Tiger can certainly hold its own in the clear water stakes and is making a good mention of its self in that lovely ‘clear-green’ estuary water that we all like to fish so much!



One of the lads, Shaun Clancy of Minn Kota/Humminbird fame scratched up this ripper on the 3” NC Minnow in amongst kick the teeth out of a whole heap of bream and flathead over the last couple of weeks in Victorian estuaries!
And to top of a great capture, this 83-cm Mulloway way caught on 3-lb Crystal Fireline!

There’s no two ways about it. I like new stuff! But I like new stuff that works even better!!

I feel like chicken tonight!!!

How about you tiger?!

Royter.