Hello Larry and everyone,
I've been thinking about picking up a Calcutta 400D with the Phenix Inshore Assassin 806L for some wading light surf fishing. I usually do all of my surf fishing with spinning gear and recently I've switched to a low profile bait casting for the surf while I was in Japan for business trip. I was there for a little over 3 months for work and was bored out of my mind after work so I made trip to the local bait shop and ended with the Shimano Exeence DC casting reel and a matching Exsence 8' rod. I love the set up very very much and fished for what the locals call sea bass which reminded me more of our Stripe bass. Now that I'm back in California I wanted to step up to a little heavier set up it still light compared to my spinning set ups. I'm thinking of the Calcutta 400D and the 8'6 Phenix Inshore Assassin 806l because of the moderate action it will load the lures a bit better for me. The set up I got in Japan are rated for 5g-25g so let's say up to 1oz and this Phenix rod I believe is about 1 1/2 oz. I choose the set up so I can pull double duty for inshore in the kelps and salmon too when I'm not in the back bays and wading. The lures I use range from 1/2 to 1 1/2 oz being the max so my question is will the Calcutta cast this range well and how will the rod handles it. I have friends who swears by theirs and have landed large yellow tails and halibuts in SAn Diego with theirs. Please let me know and hear it from people who owns these products and most importantly the Calcutta 400D. Thanks Larry and everyone in advance.