Shimano Expride 7'3 XH vs Poison Adrena 7'4H

[Chief250]

Does anybody have any opinion on the differences between these two? My Expride 7'3XH is out for warranty replacement but is on back order. I purchased the rod for heaving frogging and light punching based on others reviews. The expride with it's XH rating is rated 1/2-2OZ while the Poison Adrena 7'4H is rated from 3/8 - 2oz which is a huge range. I have an opportunity to replace the expride with the adrena due to the adrena being in stock.expride73eh.JPGPA74H.JPG What I don't want is rod that's similar to my 7'2H adrena, I'm looking for that extra power.

[droy]

I have all 3 of those rods- the Expride, and the 7-2 and 7-4 Adrenas. In my opinion, all 3 rods fish differently. The 7-3xh Expride is hands down the best frog rod I've ever used. It is MADE to be a frog rod, and also serves well as a short pitching rod. The 7-2h Adrena I primarily use as a jig rod, but I have tried it with frogs also and it should work well for that if you're in a pinch, or you just want one rod to do more with. The 7-4h Adrena is a pretty special rod. It has a slower taper than the 7-2h, and fishes quite differently. I wouldn't use it as a frog rod, though. It serves well for 5"-6" soft swimbaits, and it's a killer swimjig rod. I've also used it for pitching/punching t-rigged creatures and jigs, and also small a-rigs like the g funk. A lot of people say the 7-3mh Adrena is the most versatile rod in the Adrena line up, but I think the 7-4 heavy is just as versatile. It's just a couple power levels above the 7-3. It's sensitive and has plenty of backbone to pull fish out of cover and boat flip em, and it handles moving baits exceptionally well.

Honestly, if the 7-3xh is backordered, it's well worth the wait in my opinion if your primary use for it is frogs. I don't think that Expride rod can be matched at all for frogs.