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Shimano has brought its flagship bass rod Poison Ultima to the North America market over the 23 ICAST. There has been a lot of talking how this rod is "superior to all", so I had to get one and see for myself.
The model I got is 1610M. One thing I noticed immediately after receiving the rod was, the guides used were not Fuji Torzite as some earlier intro from other channels were claiming. The guides on the USA Poison Ultima were actually Fuji SIC Ti frame K guides (for the bait casting model, excluding the tip which was an Shimano mfg X-guide). This is consistent with the Poison Ultima JDM version. Shimano announced the change from Torzite to SiC earlier this year on their Japanese website.
The rod is well crafted, first impression was good. The full carbon monocoque handle was nice. Waiting to be tested in real fishing. BTW, also touched some history of bass rod mfg, and surprisingly, the Poison Ultima's proud handle design actually has the historic shadow from the bass rod giant Gary Loomis, today over a decade since he left the company (Loomis was bought by Shimano in 1997).
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Thanks and tight lines, until next time!
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