Gloomis NRX input

  • buzzer
    Garnavillo Iowa
    Posts: 542
    March 10, 2012 at 12:56 pm #1276219

    Ive been lookin at this rod along time anybody fished with one I’m looking at a spinning model in a 7’1″ mxf lookin for some insightu

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    March 10, 2012 at 1:04 pm #1048016

    I’ve been a St. Croix guy for over a decade so it almost hurts to say this but the NRX is a lighter, more sensitive rod. I’ve fished that 7-1 M for smallmouth… the balance, feel, basically everything about it is amazing.

    kizew
    Dallas, WI
    Posts: 1003
    March 10, 2012 at 5:26 pm #1048061

    I am 100% in line with James statement. Here is a link to a blog I had written that actually touches on that very rod.

    Deep Water Smallmouth

    abe
    La Crosse
    Posts: 155
    March 10, 2012 at 7:02 pm #1048070

    I fished with Granrud’s NRX last summer up at Rainy and I now wish I would have never touched it!! Can’t stop thinking about how I am going to get one for myself.

    red89
    Hudson
    Posts: 918
    March 10, 2012 at 7:54 pm #1048085

    If you have $475 to spend on a rod, go for it.

    I might check out the new St.Croix Legend Elite first, at $150 less and see how it compares.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    March 10, 2012 at 9:33 pm #1048113

    Quote:

    If you have $475 to spend on a rod, go for it.

    I might check out the new St.Croix Legend Elite first, at $150 less and see how it compares.

    That is the rub, isn’t it? I’ve fished with nothing but Elites and Extremes for the last few years and the NRX is flat out a more sensitive and better balanced rod. Is it worth the premium? That’s up to the guy buying the rod I guess. Is $475 for a rod crazy? I thought $300+ was nuts…. and somehow I ended up with a rod locker full of them.

    buzzer
    Garnavillo Iowa
    Posts: 542
    March 11, 2012 at 3:36 am #1048162

    I’ve found a couple deals on nrx for 325$ to 376$ I’m a st croix I’ve felt a nrx next to a extream and blew my mind never fished with one I’ve got a few hundos to burn and a visa gift card to make up the rest thanks for the imput I’ve made my mind up its a investment the way I look at it lifetime warrente u can’t go wrong gloomis offers free first time replacement I figure you get what you pay for thanks for info guys

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    March 11, 2012 at 3:52 am #1048164

    Quote:

    I’ve found a couple deals on nrx for 325$ to 376$ I’m a st croix I’ve felt a nrx next to a extream and blew my mind never fished with one I’ve got a few hundos to burn and a visa gift card to make up the rest thanks for the imput I’ve made my mind up its a investment the way I look at it lifetime warrente u can’t go wrong gloomis offers free first time replacement I figure you get what you pay for thanks for info guys

    If you can get an NRX for the same or less than an Extreme… that’s an easy decision you’ll not regret making.

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