Quantum Smoke S3 Rod Review

The uni body one piece frame provides a more stable flex free environment to house the reel s guts.

Quantum smoke s3 rod review. The smoke s3 series features all new blank designs with much faster tapers than our original smoke series providing a deadly combination of tip action for casting performance and powerful butt sections for hook setting force. I use them for stripers in the 30 lb. Bucktail with 30 lb. Croix mojo yak casting rods.

I ll give you a quick breakdown of the most noteworthy features. In this review of the quantum smoke pts inshore spinning reel i will try and show you why some people have come to call this reel the speed freak and why i think that quantum reels are often overlooked. For the field testing i paired a left handed quantum smoke s3 in a 6 1 1 gear ratio with one of my 7 6 st. Semi micro guides the guides on this rod are small enough to allow for great casting accuracy but not too small as to wreck any leader knots you may use.

If i get hung up in the rocks fishing a 2 oz. Built using the very best that quantum has to offer the quantum smoke s3 casting rods provide competition caliber performance throughout a comprehensive range of finely tuned actions built using a premium hsx64 graphite construction the quantum smoke s3 casting rods are built using 10 24 ton 60 30 ton and 30 36 ton toray graphite which provides anglers with the ideal blend of. Quantum s smoke s3 casting rod october 23 2018 by pops we ve reviewed th e new quantum smoke s3 casting reel so it only follows that we should also give the smoke s3 casting rod some attention since it too has been completely redesigned and reengineered this year. Our hsx64 high strain toray graphite material yields an incredibily lightweight but sensitive blank that s finished with a fuji sk2 skeletal reel seat and kigan.

For a rod priced under 150 the quantum smoke casting rod has some great features that are found on many of my more expensive rods. The biggest problem i have had with the reels is this. 20 off all of your fishing tackle rods reels line lures and more from all of the biggest brands in america click here to join today. Quantum smoke s3 inshore reel review video sign up for free to receive the latest saltwater fishing videos tutorials product reviews and fishing product discounts.

I paired this 6 foot 8 inch spinning rod with a quantum smoke pt spinning reel model sl25sptia 159 95. I have 3 quantum smoke pt 50 and i love all the things you said about this reel. Braid and think its a hit from a striper and set the hook the anti reverse will not hold up to the 30 lb. The big news out of quantum s s3 efforts with their spinning reels is the new uni body construction.

Class in tennesee river. Introducing quantum s smoke s3 spinning reel.