Rod is sold!
I honestly just don’t understand the actions of those rods, its basically a super stiff shaft that transitions into a spring bobber-like tip with almost no middle ground. A lot of people love them, and that’s great for them, I just believe Thorne bros rods are much better built and more well thought out rods than Tuned up in my opinion. Parabolic action, enough backbone to stick a deep fish but its got the taper to cushion hooksets when you need it.
We’d never fish with an open water rod with that type of action, so whats the sense in using it through the ice?
That being said, like I mentioned above a lot of people love them so they obviously work for some folks. Just not me!
Tony