Cheers benny, yeah i prefer using lures 2 dude, Nice fish by the way. _matt_ its actually a silstar with my 2500 custom r on it bud, the reel was new when i got it, i like using the short rod for storage reasons, still rated as a 4 - 7 kilo rod. I like the increased abilaty to rapidly move around the boat when fighting the fish with the small rod, just somthing different i guess Got this 8 kilo specamin whith my short rod chukin around HBs.Its not the size of the rod its how you use it.