Outside The 'jig Weight' Rating?

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I've been looking at getting a squid rod for a while now, and have found that almost all the Japanese rods have jig ratings that are quite high, around the 3.0-4.5 range. I squid in NSW Australia and often use jigs around the 2.0-2.5 weight - in fact that would be what I use most often. I've been looking at getting the Major Craft ZALTZ ZAT-832E or maybe Major Craft ZALTZ ZAT-862E (same rod, slightly different length) and they have a rating of 2.5-3.5. Seeing how I use 2.0 jigs quite often would there be any significant loss in performance if I used a jig slightly lower than the recommended jig weight??? This applies to any jig rod really. Seeing how these rods are over 8 foot in length, surely they'd have the flexibility in the tip to cast light jigs?



On top of that, does anyone use a Major Craft? Any reviews? Here's a link:

[url="http://www.plat.co.jp/shop/catalog/product_info/language/en/products_id/8898/cPath/24_1309/egiing-squid-game/major-craft-zaltz-zat-862e.html"]http://www.plat.co.jp/shop/catalog/product...z-zat-862e.html[/url]



Thanks for any help,

Alex

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