I noticed that the St Croix Legend tournament bass is not listed on the st croix website. Does anyone know if it has been discontinued or why they are missing?
I noticed that the St Croix Legend tournament bass is not listed on the st croix website. Does anyone know if it has been discontinued or why they are missing?
Also not listed onTackle Warehouse spinning rod page. Hope this line has not be eliminated
website glitch from my understanding. They are not being discontinued
working now https://stcroixrods.com/collections/...t-bass-casting
It must be some sort of glitch but I am not sure what glitch it is. Last night I emailed st croix and here is the response that I just received.
Hello,
We have retired our Legend tournament bass spinning and casting rods November 2021. We have reimagined the rod and will be releasing the new ones March 2022. At this time we do not have any information on the new rods. You can sign up for our newsletter and be one of the first to know about the new reimagined legend tournament bass rods.
“Thank you for being part of the St. Croix Family”
Sue Holm
Customer Guide
Customer Operations
St. Croix Rod
715-762-3226 ext. 100
www.stcroixrods.com
Even though I make my own rods I can’t wait to see what the née design of them are. I build on St Croix blanks mostly so I wonder if RodGeeks will sell the new blanks or keep the SCIV ones
1995 Ranger 481v
1995 Johnson Fast Strike 175hp
IMO, they were nice but overpriced rods so I am not surprised they are being "reimagined".
Being from WI I don't understand the hype on any St Croix rod line... I do understand being proud of something made locally.. though I have tried every St Croix offering and none stood out to me with Legend Tournament rods being probably my least favorite of any.
The Legend Tournament Bass rods were good "for their time", but they really got leapfrogged by a bunch of rod lines in that price point. I'm guessing the sales have fallen off. Victory is way better value.
I come from the land of the ice and snow.
YouTube: PunchFishing
St. Croix feeds the dealers before they list anything available on the website. There were people wondering if they were going out of business this summer because they didn't see rods in stock on the website. The way it's always been communicated to the pro staff is that dealers have store rents to pay, employees to pay, and food to put on the table so they are fed rods first. Even before pro-staff members... I was bit in the past by this.
I fished the next generations and revisions all summer. The cat kind of got out of the bag after we did well in one of the big events up here and I didn't put my rods away - a lot of questions about them. Dealers are going to be finding out about them shortly.
The Victory series has been very successful world wide, and you'll see glimpses of it in the next generation of Tournaments.
I come from the land of the ice and snow.
YouTube: PunchFishing
If you have any input can you please influence them to have a reel seat with an exposed blank similar to the expride or Avid/LTB? I feel the victory was a great rod in every aspect except the EVA covering the blank at the reel seat. Hits are incredibly crisp but I feel it looses feeling when dragging bottom contact because of that. A lower priced rod i get more feeling on bottom with an exposed blank but the hits/dings are not as crisp as the Victory. Leads me to believe the blank is excellent but looses something with the EVA.
Just one uses opinion. I love the victory, but feel it could have been better.
One of the main reasons I’d rather fish an Avid or Avid X over a LTB was because I hated the SK2 reel seats they used. I really like the VSS reel seat on the Avid X. So much so it’s all I really use to build with now
1995 Ranger 481v
1995 Johnson Fast Strike 175hp
Hmm...does this mean SCVI reinforced SCIV blanks like the Victory SCVI reinforced SCIII?
I really want to get my hands on the VTS710MMF and the VTS710MLXF and see how they feel with a 4000 sized Shimano Vanford
Better yet, sell the blanks to builders again so I can make my own!
They sell SCII (C2), SCIV (C4), and SCV blanks through RodGeeks. I would love it if they sold SCIII blanks though
1995 Ranger 481v
1995 Johnson Fast Strike 175hp
Any thoughts now that these are out?
Sapphire Blue/Black Bottom Vexus AVX 1980, Mercury 150 Pro XS
I was only able to get my hands on a very few models. The 7’10 big cranker rod has to be one of my favourite rods the action is right for Zboss 20s 6th sense C-15 etc. also got the 7’11 punch rod, this rod can be used for more then just punching which i like a lot for a big rod. I find the balance to be good from previous models and sensitive is very good as well.
Really like mine. I have the 7'3"HXF "power finesse". I paired it with a daiwa tatula SV and 40lb braid and have been flipping plastics with it and really enjoy the rod. The grip is very comfortable. Balances right around the hook keeper and is super sensitive. The aluminum pieces do make it way more than a similar victory, but it still feels very light in hand regardless. I believe mine was 4.65oz when I weighed it. The cork is high quality, the aluminum trim pieces look nice and the rod not only fishes well, but looks incredible also. I'm really most excited to try the new glass models, but have yet to get my hands on one of them.