thanks mmckenzie
I love the Pacbay blank that I own: it's my preferred UL blank, China or not.
I prefer it to all the other UL rods I ever had (Orvis and Sage included), even because the cost/benefits.
But the question was: pacbay im7 are really faster that the im6 models?
I wanted a faster UL and I tried the RX8 from Batson, who was claimed be a fast blank because the material, im8. But in fact it was medium, about same AA that the im6 American Takle.
The pacbay rf2 793 is faster that the amtack im6, but is faster even that the Batson RX8 im8. And I think because the design (very thin tip compared to the butt).
Then if a blank has the same design (tip to butt), weight and is declared have the same action, like the im6 and the im7 models from pacbay, the material in this case really influence the action?
If you look the Pacbay catalogue you can see that Tradition II (im6) and Rainforest II (im7) has the same models, the models are specular, even in the measures, weight and action.
(pacbay catalogue
http://www.fishpacbay.com/catalog/2016_ ... atalog.pdf , page 78/90 and 80/90).
Somebody had the chance to compare the same Pacbay models in im6 and im7 and to measure ern and aa?
I make this question because I'm planning to buy the pacbay 662 and maybe the 704, but since I can't see them in real I must consider what the catalogue tell me.
And im6 and im7 on the catalogue seem absoutely identical, except the color, the material and the price.
Then im7 and im6 are only marketing or real differences? And the differences are so little that in fact doesn't influence the action?