daiwa DXS rod

[goonatic]

just picked one up, they seem to have a great action, great price and a whole lotta backbone, got the 9' medium but it feels like a med-heavy, anybody have any reviews for this rod?

[luisdabeast206]

I own this rod, and would agree with you that it does feel like medium/heavy. They have plenty of backbone and are strong rods. Out of all the DXS rods the 9 felt the best. The rest of the rods feel worse in your hands and are extremely in balanced. I even talked to one of the rep of Daiwa and he told me the 9 was the best and the others could have been made better and are way to heavy. I would not buy another one again though, even if they were cheap.

[doubleo6point9]

I've got a 9'6 Medium casting one myself. I got it lightly used for a really good price so I figured I would give it a shot. It's pretty much a medium heavy like you said and while I've only used it a few times it seems like a fairly good rod for its size and price. The only thing I would say is yes it does feel "heavy", especially paired up with a Daiwa Lexa 300 but it does balances well together, and it isn't as sensitive as I would like (hard for me to compare because I have never fished another rod similar to this or one of the higher end rods) for drift fishing. I've pretty much made it my float rod for kings for now unless I'm out on the sound where I plan to jig/mooch/troll for kings with it.

[hatinthekat]

i got it as a puke rod, i dont like takin my best gear to the puyallup because that water makes me feel abusive to my gear lol, so i paired it with a gen3 revo s so thart itll be a good combo but nothin id cry over