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Free Spirit Tamer rods

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Wayne Carroll

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Hi All,

I have purchased some new rods over the closed season, a CTX River Tamer rated at 1.5lb and a Barbel Tamer rated at 2lb. I'm very surprised to hold them side by side and not see a noticeable difference between the two rods. I would have expected the barbel tamer to maybe have a few larger eyes and potentially a slightly thicker blank, but that isn't the case. If you ignore the name on the blank it would be the same. I haven't ran a line through them both yet, and maybe the difference will be noticeable then with a bend in them.

Has anyone got these rods or visually compared them in the past? I bought the river tamer for summer fishing and the barbel tamer for hit and hold swims.

Thanks in advance.
 
The guides are probably are the same, I have a Guru dual tip specialist 1.25 and that has larger rings fitted than my new 12ft 1.75 Barbel Tamer

The blanks are probably very similar too with only a 0.5lb difference but you should feel the extra power come in lower down the blank on the heavier rod?
 
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