Soon there's coming new series of 2 piece swimbait blanks designed for pike/muskie anglers and light saltwater species. There's three different blanks. Theres very cool looking outfit as kevlar shrim lays 3/4 blank (seen on picture below).
I've built and fished with all three and those are real deal! Very nice blanks with reasonable price. Here they are:
Bushido 3K 86-2/15-50, 8'6", Medium Heavy, Fast, up to 130g.
Very nice blank for 'smaller' pike lures up to ~140g. Casts nice from 20-30g and best with ~60-90g lures. Especially designed for spinning reel users. Flex nicely, but won't "kick back" after cast. There's still backbone to tame big fish.
Bushido 3K 86-2/20-40, 8'6", Heavy, Fast, up to 160g.
Similar with little brother, but more backbone. Casts about ~170-180g. Somewhat stiffer than MH version.
Bushido 3K 8-2/30-50, 8', Extra Heavy, Fast, up to 250g.
'Big Nasty'. Casts almost everything between 60-280g. Stiff and mean machine. This is blank for big boys and big lures. Blank seems very stiff, but actually it bends nicely when you cast with it. I liked this a lot. Compared couple same level rods.
Feel free to ask something! I could reply as much i can.
I have no experience. I've built 2 MH's for baitcaster.
