new shimano zodias spinning rod 5 Piece Travel Rods ZDPS68ML5 (Spinning) Power X blanks are revered for their ability to provide much more accurate casts by reducing blank twist and ovalization The 2026 Shimano Zodias Rod

Features a sleek wedge-head design & totally weedless plastic Y guard Rig with minnow, crawler, leech, plastic worm or grub A perennial favorite for bass, pike, walleyes and crappies in heavy cover

Integrated FlashDisc improves tracking stability and accuracy giving the bait true balsa-like action

It doesnt add an extra layer of work

My second failing was thinking that the skills Id spent so many decades accumulating while fly fishing for trout would serve me in good stead when fishing in less pristine environments some of those hard won skills transferred nicely, many did not

JUSTIN'S NOTES: The NT11 felt extremely light, however, a little stiff on my initial wiggle-shake test

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