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Berkley Spartan SP40-8' Questions

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Pacchef23.clarksclassicfl...	Berkley Spartan SP40-8' Questions	Lead	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 1 (12/25/08 12:43:08) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I just purchased a Berkley Spartan SP40-8' and was wondering if anybody can tell me what line weight to cast on it? Please e mail me at pacchef23@hotmail.com if you know. Thank you
jgestar		#1	[-]
Posts: 3084 (12/25/08 14:04:59) ezOP Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Pacchef23, Welcome to the Fiberglass Flyrodders! From the SP40-8 model number, I suspect the Berkley Spartan is similar to the various Berkley Parametrics. In general, 8 foot Parametrics are 6/7 weight rods, depending on your tastes. The Spartan doesn't get mentioned that often, so any details you could provide about it to the forum would be welcome. Happy Holidays! Tom
pearow		#2	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 1408 (12/25/08 18:27:24) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	now that is a nice rod; i bought a red and white one with five line guides on it; used orange stripper and got rid of the paint; underneath is a beautiful translucent blank just like the higher dollar parametrics. I added some guides and it is one of my favorite rods. It'l cast a wf6 or wf7 . i like it with a 7 best. I carried it to the post office and weighed it. It was almost a half ounce heavier than my parametric,(4.3oz.) which i attribute that to the big rubber winding check i left on it. The rod is very light in hand and performs as good or better than any of my other parametrics. Somewhere back in time I think i posted some pics of my re-do. If you get tired of it laying around i know where you can get rid of it!!!It is an all around lake rod; I use it primarily for black bass, but fish it when the whites are running. I have re-done several berkleys, but the spartan is the only one that had the same blank as the USA parametric-p-
freestoner.clarksclassicfl...		#3	[-]
Guide Posts: 85 (12/26/08 00:44:51) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have an 8 1/2' Berkley Sportfisher that's marked with a model number of PF40. It has spigot ferrules, but I don't know if the blank is the same as a Para/metric. It has that unpolished spiral surface that some glass rods have. I think it was sold as a lower grade than the Para/metric- it has only 5 guides on it, including the stripper! But in lawn casting, it was still servicable enough to throw a WF8 almost to the end. The blank is painted sort of a mint green, with blue wraps and white trim.
pearow		#4	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 1412 (12/27/08 10:11:57) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have the same rod; bought it to strip down and re-build; just haven't gotten around to it-p-
pacchef23	Thank you for the replies.	#5	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 1 (01/07/09 11:02:47) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I appreciate the replies. Very helpful. I will cast it on the lawn with a WF7 as soon as Seattle's weather permits. I purchased a Bronson Royalist reel to fish on it and a Shakespeare I am restoring. The Shakespeare has the appropriate amount of guides now and can't wait to see the difference between the two. I am also finishing a short bamboo quad this week and will do the test cast before passing it on to the customer. Busy week.

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