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Best Surf Casting Rods For Value & Performance! - ScubaChris - 12-06-2020 [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]Longitude & Solaris Surf Casting Rods By Okuma! I've been using these surf casting rods this month on my own time with different reels from Solterras to Tesoros. I even practiced casting at a soccer field with defunct Newells. My impression for these inexpensive rods are they perform just as well as any quality upper-end  pricey surf-casting rod out there. So i'm going to start including them into my regular main gear that i'm still juggling around. In other words they cast & feel great when casting 4-8oz lead pyramids & banks. I lifted a small 2-1/2gal bucket with 2gal of saltwater in it at a pier while fishing just to see how the rod & tip handles the load, no difference from a Tiralejo, Nitro, Insane Surf, Battalion, Prevail, Black Hole, or any other rod i ever had or used. I still need to bring in a sizable strike like a GT, shark or ray to validify my gut instinct & feeling. For now i'm basing my assessment on casting lead weights to dead lifting water filled buckets. I'll post updates when they become available.  So what i'm practicing with are- Okuma Longitude Surf Rod (LC-C-1202H) United Composite CX Graphite Blank 7 Guides + 1 tip Aluminum Oxide Inserts SS Hooded Seats Pac Bay Rubber Butt Cap Weight 28.8oz 12ft 2pc 20-40lbs Recommended Line 3-8oz Lure Weight Reargrip 25-1/2in/Foregrip 9-1/2in Limited 1yr Warranty Okuma Solaris Surf Rod (SS-C-1202MH-1) IM6 Graphite Blank 7 Guides + 1 Tip Aluminum Oxide Inserts SS Hooded Seats Pac Bay Rubber Butt Cap Weight 26.9oz 12ft 2pc 20-40lbs Recommended Line 3-8oz Lure Weight Reargrip 27-1/8in/Foregrip 8-3/8in Limited Life Time Warranty Remember when ordering a C is a Casting Rod & S is a Spinning Rod. [/color] [color=var(--ytcp-link-color)]https://youtu.be/iOteovL5YpA[/color] [url=https://youtu.be/iOteovL5YpA][/url]