Shimano - Ocea Plugger Big Game Popping Rods

Ocea Plugger Big Game leverages Shimano's most advanced rod technologies — Spiral X Core and Hi-Power X — to deliver anglers with unmatched performance and the upper hand when casting stickbaits or poppers for trophy-class tuna.

Powered by Shimano's most advanced rod technologies, the Ocea Plugger Big Game series offers anglers the upper hand when casting stickbaits or poppers for giant tuna. Shimano's proprietary Spiral X Core technology lies at the heart of the Ocea Plugger Big Game and enhances Shimano's traditional Spiral X carbon tape construction by utilizing Toray Nanoalloy® technology to provide up to 10% more torsional rigidity and up to 15% more compressional rigidity than rods built with standard Spiral X technology. Combined with Shimano's Hi-Power X technology, Ocea Plugger BG provides anglers with improved rigidity, recovery and overall strength while reducing the rod's weight to deliver enhanced casting distance and accuracy without sacrificing the fish-fighting power needed to land these giant fish.

Ocea Plugger BG features a Fuji Titanium SiC guide train for improved casting performance and durability. Ergonomic, laser-engraved EVA grips provide comfortable and secure hand placement to help reduce fatigue during long and grueling battles. With its unmatched performance, the Ocea Plugger Big Game series encompasses the tools to cast further, battle tougher and land trophy-class fish.

Features:

• Spiral X Core - Spiral X Core is Shimano’s newest and most advanced blank construction technology. By integrating Spiral X carbon tape construction with Toray Nanoalloy technology, Spiral X Core constructed blanks benefit from up to 10% more tortional rigidity and up to 15% more compressional rigidity than rods built with Spiral X. Shimano is unique to the market by applying high-strength carbon tape with this unique and patented Spiral X construction.
• Hi-Power X - Hi-Power X construction uses diagonally-wrapped carbon tape to form an array of “X” shapes on the rod blank’s outermost layer. The width of the tape, its winding angle and the part of the rod being wrapped are fine-tuned according to the target fish species. This manufacturing process allows Shimano to adjust these wraps during construction for precise actions enhanced overall strength and added twist resistance. In short, Hi-Power X construction delivers sharp and crisp rod control for the angler.
• Screw Lock Joint - The Screw Lock Joint achieves increased joint strength and ease of detachment by special machining methods. When twisting the rod sections as it is twisted like a screw, the fixing force increases and the sections are more securely locked on the joint section. When unscrewing, the sections can be easily unlocked by twisting the opposite direction.
• Nanopitch - Shimano’s Nanopitch manufacturing method enables fine-pitch and high-precision wrapping of the molding tape during the blank baking process. Nanopitch technology tightens the tape to the extreme and provides uniform pressure, increasing the circularity of the rod and ultimately improving overall rod strength.
• Fuji Titanium SiC Guides - Ultra light and high performance guide system from Fuji that will perform seamlessly year over year. Titanium guides provide the ultimate solution to longevity, as titanium is ultra-resistant to corrosion in high salinity environments.
• Laser-Engraved EVA Grips - Beautifully designed custom grips complete this beautiful series of rods. These particular grips are highly customized, and are exclusive to Shimano.

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