I have only had a chance to cast in the yard with a practice plug but man these things are awesome!!! On first impressions, I am most pleased with the 6"6" composite. My hope when ordering it was that it would work well for small shallow running cranks and smal topwater plugs ( ( - - blocked - - ) torpedos, rebel Pop-R, etc.) and it is perfect. I throw a lot of that type of lure at structure and into the bank. I put a Curado 101B on it and it is a perfect rod IMO for just that type of fshing. The handle is short enough that it does not get in the way when working popping and walk the dog type lures and the 6"6" length allows pin point casting. The small profile Curado mates up with the rod perfectly and allows you to palm the rod.reel combo with no wrist strain at all.
The 7' composite got teamed up with a Shimano Chronarch SF and feels like it will handle the rest of my crankbait requirements with no trouble at all. I cannot get over the amount of flex in the upper half of the rod which enables extremely long cast of light weight lures. It is obvious that there is plenty of spine when the time comes to horse a victim out of a tree top or other possible hidey hole.
The HE69APC is all that it has been billed out to be in the forum (Thanks for the reccomendation Sdesign). My intention when ordering this rod last week was to use it as my spinnerbait rod. However, it feels like this rod is capable of doing a lot of things very well. I have it teamed up with a standard Chronarch and anxiously await the chance to sling some spinnerbaits as soon as possible. I think this thing would be deadly with a rattle trap or even a jerk bait on the end of it!! Like the name says , "All Purpose Casting"... The HE69APC is probably the best value in the entire Helium line. Especially for a guy on a budget, with three of those you could cover just about all of the lure presentations needed. Note I did not say it would be the best way, but you would be much better equipped than most of the other two-three rig guys on the water..just my opinion.
Thanks to Clifford for getting the order out quickly and thanks also for the decals and brochures ( I am sure I will get those into the hands of local fishing buddies
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I also have a HE66MH paired up with a Chronarch that is my primary TX rig rod and a HE70MC witha CHronarch SF that handles my Senko and weightless plastic duties.
Again thanks to everyone that provided their opinions on my rod choices, I am very pleased with the way it turned out. Now, time to go fishing!!
) but I can surely attest to the joy of a HE70MC--I have three! Those rods are for SENKOs(for sure), topwater baits including 1/2oz buzzbaits, Rogues, cr/baits, Porkos, and spinnerbaits IMO. Heck, I've even pitched a jig-n-pig with one too.