Oh, a 30lber, if only....Olly wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:22 pm It is the casting not the playing that can damage the cane rod. I am used to chucking 1/2 a mackerel on big gravel pits/lakes. I normally used 12ft 3lb t/c glass rods so cane does have severe limitations.
I certainly would not be wanting to play a 20+ on a 500 - a 550 perhaps with a 1.5 t/c - but much prefer an even higher t/c.
The problem in some ways - you never know how big your pike can be! 5lb - 30lb they still take the same bait!
Thanks
BB