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I used two of the 24 ft. Goture 720 GOLDLITE, Black rods for the “V” supports of my homebrew Portable 20M Delta Loop Antenna. I used only 11 of the rod sections making each of the rods telescope to 20’-6” long.SWR is very good on both the 20M Band and the low end of the 10M Band. I tested this antenna only on 20M. Using my 100W HF radio in my shed with a battery, I made 39 SSB contacts one afternoon (58/59 Signal Reports from CO., MO. [20W Station], IL., AL., LA., CA., Manitoba CAN., PA. Mobile, WI., TN., SC., North FL., NM., IN., MD., OH., KY., VA, El Paso, TX., FL., Ontario CAN., MN, [3W QRP Station], IA., Vermont [mobile] and NY.).While this antenna is designed to be resonant on 20M (14.2 MHz with 1.52:1 SWR), the SWR is even better on the low end of the 10M Band (1.23:1 at 28.2 MHz). I’ve only tested it on 20M so far but this should be an easily portable HF antenna for POTA excursions. It worked superbly well on 20M and actually should work even better at the low end of the 10M Band without a Tuner.The feed point Balun is my homebrew 4:1 Transformer/Choke Balun. The two FT-140-43 toroids (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0178IABXW/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) are in an 83mm x 53mm x 33mm Junction Box (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JJ2MPT8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&th=1). They are bifilar wound as two 1:1 Choke Baluns connected together to make a 4:1 Transformer/Choke Balun – (i.e., a smaller version of the M0PZT design). The antenna wire is ~65.8’ of POLYS-22. For testing I simply used Electrical Tape to attach the wire to the outside edges of the carbon fiber fishing rods and a small Zip Tie (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01018DB2E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1) at each of the two rod tips.1st Photo is the two Goture 720 telescoping fishing rods in their cases, the boom assembly (all glued) from left to right is 1” PVC 45° Elbow-1” x 6” PVC-1” PVC Tee- 1” x 6” PVC-1” PVC 45° Elbow and my homebrew 4:1 Balun. When assembled for operation, the two 1” x 8” PVC pieces are stuck into the open ends of the 1” PVC Elbows and the 8” pipes hold the large ends of the fishing rods. I used a 1” x 5’ piece of 1” PVC as the mast putting the bottom part of the “V” at about 5’ and the top part of the “V’ at about 25’.The 2nd Photo is the antenna as it was set up for testing (a 1” x 5’ PVC pipe “mast” was duct taped to a T-Post). The extra wire seen below the tips of the fishing rods in that photo is part of my homebrew 585’ Loop Skywire antenna in the background.The 3rd photo is my Antenna Analyzer displaying the antenna’s SWR Chart for the 20M Band.The 4th photo is the Antenna Analyzer displaying the antenna’s SWR Chart for most of the Ham Bands (note that the antenna’s SWR Minimum is at 1.23:1 SWR at 28.2 MHz on the 10M Band).These are great rods for supporting Amateur Radio antennas.

This is my first exposure to fixed line fishing. Did some reading about the tenkara style of fishing (fly fishing) and all I had in the way of small lures was a jig around 1/64th oz.I bought the 15' version and pictured this as just hanging the pole out over the water, or maybe lobbing gently. Anyway, tied onto the lilian cord with 15' of 6lb test monofilament with that jig on the end...and I've been catching panfish ever since.You can point the rod pretty much straight up and smoothly press it forward and up--the lower to the water to lob the jig out without much backcast. Goes pretty much the full length of the line. Or, you can pop it up and back [pretty close to what I understand as the actual tenkara cast method] and the forward and down. Just guide the line as it slowly sinks in a pulsing, darting fashion. You're not retrieving the line--you're just sweeping it off to the side and/or up.This presentation fishes in 5-10' of water pretty well. I've used it off my kayak and from shore.Eager to try some completely unweighted flies. Guessing that requires a thicker/stiffer line which matches up with the original style presentation of 14' test fluorocarbon or thicker "furled" braided lines coupled with a tippet. To my mind, the biggest reason to step down from a lure to an unweighted fly is that you can further reduce the size of the offering. This jig has mylar fiber tail and it's just over 1" long so still a pretty large presentation for the smaller fish in these ponds I'm fishing.That said, a spectrum of presentation options is the objective. But it's crazy to think that folks are promoting tenkara as simple (with a heavy implication that it's cheap) when you can get success with a $20 rod, a $.50 jig, a few feet of mono, and this combo is pretty fun to fish too! The fun really comes in when 3-4" fish are putting a bend in the line and feel like they're pulling their weight. 8" bluegills and 10" crappie are feeling like monsters. I'm having more fun panfishing than ever before. Definitely want to stick with this method and refine it. Not sure I'm going to be slinging those grubs/spoons/spinners on my 6' test light spinning gear anymore. Not when targeting panfish! I'd had my eye out for 5'6" UL rods and 4' test--and never once liked one when I picked it up at the store. Whippy and awful. I think this is what I was looking for all along.

Another ham using these as antenna supports, so I can't comment on it for fishing. I bought this for EFHWs as inverted Vs and slopers. Not a bad price for the height versus those from Spiderbeams and the like, though not nearly as packable as the SOTAbeams poles. This packs down into about a 2 foot base section, which is still suitcase-packable and not too unwieldy lashed to a hiking pack.Surmising it was the stiffest, I bought the Goldlite model. It's -plenty- stiff, save for the top section; I probably could have gotten away with a slightly lighter/cheaper model without sacrificing the stiffness I need for this purpose.Nicely finished with a push-fit end cap on the business end and a threaded aluminum cap on the base. The first unit I bought unfortunately jammed while deploying and cracked in three places, but the replacement hasn't on two uses.For this specific purpose I'd highly recommend getting the longest model, and forgoing the very last whip section, instead gluing a fishing pole end ring to the second-to-last section. You lose some nominal height, but the section with the Lilian string sags down anyway, and bends a little too much for my comfort.

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I have purchased a few of these telescopic rods and use them to catch mullet for bait.The spare tip segment is very useful, and for the two I have broken (just from rough use and general lack of care) I just pulled both apart and reconstructed to have one working rod.For day to day use I suggest making your own furled leader by twisting a doubled up length of braid using a drill until it furls and lays limp.Ive also had great success making a tenkara leader holder using an 8-10cm hole saw to drill a disk of rubber out of a thong. Then take a hack saw to create a channel around edge of the disc of rubber to lay the leader in. The leader holder is then is pushed over the collapsed rod through its middle hole and sits nicely above the handle.

The rod was solid for float fishing, carp especially, I bought it for the exact reason. When I received the rod, the string on the tip was dis-attached from the rod and I cannot find replacement in the local market and I had to use the backup 3 tip came with the package. However, after a few round of communication, they agreed to send me a replacement of the top 3 tip which I received today. Shipping was fast, package was thorough, nothing was damaged from the oversea transportation. Thank you.

This product is probably a decent quality product, thats if you know what the hell a tenkara rod is. When it arrived I was like, Where is the eyelets for the fishing rod? Thats probabaly because I am a bit ignorant of what a tenkara rod is. So heads up! This fishing rod is for people who know what a tenkara rod is but not for your average joe who expects to throw a reel on it and cast for fish. Those people should stay away!