Temple Reef Ronin Expedition 80-10 – 3 pcs Travel

Temple Reef has manage to create a series of travel rods for GT that can stand the demanding pressure that this type of fishery put on the equipment, which will mean that anglers will no longer be lugging long rod tubes and paying excessive extra baggage charges to the airlines.

From their research, they realized that most of the problems encountered with 3pcs GT rods were at the “2nd Joint” which is a spigot joint splicing the top and middle part of a 3pcs rod. This part of the rod is what we infer to as the “Achilles Heel”; for a GT rod this is by far the most crucial part for both action and strength. Thus having a joint at this part of the rod makes it a lot more complicated. Not enough strength (material) and it will inevitable break, too much material (strength) and it alters the action of the rod giving it an awkward flat spot.

Temple Reef did not “invent the wheel” but they made adjustments and embraced advance materials to achieve what was needed in a 3pcs GT rod.

Design & Material 
Traditional 3pcs rods are simply divided into 3 equal pieces and jointed together with reinforcement to the female part of the spigot joint to add strength, too much material will ruin the action of the rod so to achieve a good action most will sacrifice on reinforcing this part of the rod which resulted in many breakages.

So what did Temple Reef do different? They redesigned the guide train and altered the location of the spigot joint, it is no longer “3 equal parts” but it is still within the limits of a travel friendly luggage. Basically redesigned the guide train to allow the joint to be located at the location of the 2nd largest guide. The binding of this guide to the blank serves as a natural reinforcement of the female spigot therefore eliminating the need to fortify with additional material. But it does not just stop there.

High performance ultra thin and light weight pregreg carbon sheet used in aerospace industries coupled with Toray’s advance technology “nanoalloy” resin allowed for less materials to be used thus reducing physical weight while maintaining the intended tensile and compression requirement.

The Ronin series is equipped with Fuji MNSG Guides,Fuji Reel Seat IC Hood and a Fuji Reel Seat Lock (2nd nut) to keep the reel in place.

The rods are also equipped with an Anti Slip Wrap Guide Design and a Anti Slip at joint location to keep the pieces in place. Last but not least, the blank is painted with Temple Reef’s Chameleon Coating, giving it a unique look.

This rod is classed as a PE8-10 making it suitable for big tuna and big GT.

Specifications:
Length: 8’0″ (2,40 m)
Split length: 90 cm
Weight: 372 g
Recommended lure weight: up to 200 g
Class: PE8-10