St. Croix triumph

  • floydzilla
    Posts: 22
    May 6, 2012 at 3:58 pm #1238939

    I was looking for an all purpose rod (casting/slip bobering/jigging) and i can only afford one. The St.Croix triumph came to my attention. General thoughts or personal experience with this rod?

    fish_any_time
    Champlin, MN
    Posts: 2097
    May 6, 2012 at 4:06 pm #1066056

    The 7′ medium action (TRS70MF) has served me well for many years. I use this for most techniques (rigging, jigging, slip bobbering) and many species (walleye/sauger and small/large mouth).

    Unless I am trolling, I’m sure 90% of the time I am holding one of these.

    Dean at Dean’s Tackle Box can have one to you pretty quickly.

    joe-winter
    St. Peter, MN
    Posts: 1281
    May 6, 2012 at 4:28 pm #1066058

    I have a Triumph from a few years back and it is a fine rod for the price. personally I would get the Eyecon 6’8″ MXF instead for $30 more.

    trumar
    Rochester, Mn
    Posts: 5967
    May 6, 2012 at 4:41 pm #1066059

    Quote:

    I have a Triumph from a few years back and it is a fine rod for the price. personally I would get the Eyecon 6’8″ MXF instead for $30 more.

    X2 more sensitive than the Triumph series

    Brian Lyons
    Posts: 894
    May 6, 2012 at 4:45 pm #1066060

    I second what fish any time stated. I own several Triumphs, they are all a great rod for the money, the seven footer is probably the best all around rod out there. I personally favor the med. lite action for dragging jigs and pitching blades.

    Give Dean a call at Deans Tackle Box, he can put you with the right rod for your needs and your budget

    stuwest
    Elmwood, WI
    Posts: 2254
    May 6, 2012 at 5:04 pm #1066065

    I have triumph and eyecon and prefer the eyecon. much more sensitive. i use the big ones for trolling, the 7’0″ for casting…

    sandmannd
    Posts: 928
    May 6, 2012 at 7:24 pm #1066088

    Get the Limit Creek Smoothie. Hands down the best rod under $100 and my preferred rod up to the $300 rods easily. Love them, it’s all I use.

    JimJankowski
    Posts: 39
    May 6, 2012 at 7:31 pm #1066090

    I have a Triumph, and I love it, I also have a fenwick, to me it is a toss up between the two. If you decide on the Triumph i don’t think you will be dissapointed.

    JJ

    travp
    Blaine , Mn
    Posts: 401
    May 6, 2012 at 7:59 pm #1066092

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    I have triumph and eyecon and prefer the eyecon. much more sensitive. i use the big ones for trolling, the 7’0″ for casting…


    They use the same graphite.

    big-muddy
    Rockfalls, Illinois
    Posts: 202
    May 6, 2012 at 8:12 pm #1066096

    The Triumph will serve you well. My first, second and third St Croix Rods were Triumphs. I now own Eyecons and Tournament Legends, but I still use the Triumphs. They fish well and hold-up well. You can’t go wrong.

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    May 6, 2012 at 8:50 pm #1066104

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    Quote:

    I have triumph and eyecon and prefer the eyecon. much more sensitive. i use the big ones for trolling, the 7’0″ for casting…


    They use the same graphite.

    You are correct Trav but the design and tapers are not the same. The Eyecons have faster/thinner tip sections as in the MXFs and MLXFs…

    joshd
    Minnetonka
    Posts: 47
    May 6, 2012 at 11:43 pm #1066122

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    Get the Limit Creek Smoothie. Hands down the best rod under $100 and my preferred rod up to the $300 rods easily. Love them, it’s all I use.

    I bought a medium Limit Creek and a carp or something broke the tip off on the river. Reminds me I need to have the bait shop fix it as where I bought it closed up. Since a dang fish broke it I don’t think I would recommend one.

    lakeside
    Posts: 1
    May 7, 2012 at 2:50 pm #1066254

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    Get the Limit Creek Smoothie. Hands down the best rod under $100 and my preferred rod up to the $300 rods easily. Love them, it’s all I use.

    I’ve had horrible luck with my Smoothies. I bought two, both broke, and both have been returned. Found out after I returned them from two young guys at the bait shop where I bought the rods that they called them Cripple Creek Rods because of how many broke about 6″ down from the tip for no reason what so ever. Clearly there’s a design issue that needs to be fixed. I would recommend the St. Croix rods or a Shimano with a LIFE TIME warranty at that price range.

    floydzilla
    Posts: 22
    May 8, 2012 at 1:03 pm #1066551

    Thanks everyone. i just picked up a 6’6″ med-light action triumph and already love it. cant wait to go fishing.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    May 8, 2012 at 1:06 pm #1066555

    From what I recall, the Triumphs are very similar to the Premiers except that the labor is outsourced, so you’re getting a Chinese-made rod rather than one from Wisconsin.

    I could be wrong, but that is what I recall.

    I have one. It’s a pretty decent rod for the money.

    nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    May 9, 2012 at 12:31 am #1066794

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    Thanks everyone. i just picked up a 6’6″ med-light action triumph and already love it. cant wait to go fishing.

    Yup that’s my current favorite rod, although I do believe in going with the mojo bass rod next, for the extra fast tip, and I’d like to buy like 4 of them and right them all different so I don’t keep fishing one technique longer than I should just because I like that rod. (This was done great advice given to me from the one and only Dean, and he’s totally right, I know I’ve done that in the past.

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