Shimano Expride 7'2" MH REVIEW! (medium heavy perfection????) 

So it’ll handle like 1/2-1/4oz texas rigs and jigs well? That’s my favorite way to catch em and I’ll be looking for a new rod here in the near future

thanks for watching!

Would love to hear a comparison as well!

ugh this year's is gonna be ridiculous.. kinda embarrassing actually

Same here this guy has some insane setups and love the reviews

I hope to pick one up when they become more available

@@PunchFishing I think you’ll really like the new Zillion I think it’s amazing. I look forward to hearing your comparison. I have both Diawa and Shimano so I’m not biased

@@RyanSmith-fb8rf what are you using it for?

@@PunchFishing When I first bought it I had planned to use it on my jerk bait rod for throwing light baits because it casts them amazing but I now use it for my Texas Rigged worms and my main setup. It’s great for casting light lures and anything up to 1 oz. it’s really the jack of all trades except for big Swimbaits I don’t use it for that. I live in Florida so I throw a ton of worms

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thanks for watching!

I’m actually considering the 6’10” medium for top water myself. Love the fast to extra fast tip for the top water. Glad he showed the fast tip

Confused how? It's just to show people where the general balance point is on the rod so they can determine if it's "tip heavy" or not. Some people really don't like overly tip heavy rods.

I have the 7 2 mh and 6 10 med and they're amazing :)

Also the 7 3 xheavy

agree! thats why I don't own any.. don't really need any of the models

If they can put a 7’6” spinning rated up to 3/4 oz I will be one really happy person.

They had them in stock I got the last one yesterday in the 7'2 mh.

@@bigmikebassin Well they sold like hot cakes

The Levante is probably my next rod purchase I’ve heard nothing but good reviews

@@RyanSmith-fb8rf I really like mine, haven't had a single issue out of them. Hard to go wrong with the Diablo or Perfect Pitch.

@@ChocoYGO thanks for the information they are on my on deck circle

Mh or h for light cover 1/2 football jig?

No, I have not.

what do you like to throw?

@@PunchFishing 3/8-1/2 oz t rigs/jigs. I like the Orochi’s strong backbone and soft tip. Not sure if I’ll enjoy the Expride as much

I did have one for a little bit and it's very nice! It would be just fine for Tokyo Rigs.

I've just checked them out in a store. I would definitely step up to the Expride over the GCX.

@@PunchFishing ok will do , I was also checking out the imx pro 743 and 844 . Think I’m just going to pick up a expride mh , and a expride 7ft medium spinning .

heck no

Not that I'm aware of. US eBay?

@@PunchFishing yes

posion is going to be even lighter and have a slightly more moderate action

It's pretty good! The 7'2 MH is great for 1/2oz

@@PunchFishing you mean 7'3"?...they don't offer a 7-2 MH.

@@HBeretta sorry I thought we were talking about the Expride. I have no expeirence with the Adrenas.

@@PunchFishing oh...gotcha. Any complaints at all fishing 1/2oz jigs on the expride?

@@HBeretta no, right in the sweet spot

Look for used!

man that entirely depends on the part of the country you're in and what kind of lake you're fishing.. I don't think I'll be able to effectively talk about that.

@@PunchFishing Makes sense. I’m from white bear lake and have a cabin near spooner. So you seem to fish a lot of the same types of water as I do.

@@Jason_Hall nice! are you on instagram?? Hit me up.

I would say the Expired is more refined, and maybe a bit more sensitive.. but not a TON more sensitive. The Expride has much better balance as well. If you're looking for a jig rod I would hold out to find a 7'2 MH Expride OR look into some of the Daiwa Tatula rods. I also would take a look at the Megabass Levante Perfect Pitch.

@@PunchFishing what's the sensitivity from Expride to Levante? Price difference for those up here in Canada is about 130 bucks. Is the Expride 130 dollars better then a levante?

Twigg Sherman, I would say punch fishing nailed this answer. I bought the Victory 7’1” MHF about 2 months ago and I love mine. The Victory is pretty sensitive but not quite Expride sensitive. The Victory seems closer to a Medium than MH compared to the Expride and the Expride seems like an extra fast. The Victory has more of a tip to it and loads up better than the Expride. I use my Victory for a chatter bait and open water frog rod and for me it’s perfect in this application. I have caught some big fish recently on my Victory (10lbs and 8.9pounder) and it handled both nicely and I’m glad I had a little bit more give in the rod to keep them pinned. I could feel the rod bending in the handle and it held up great pulling them out of the grass in Florida. I really like the Victory series and hope this helps

Just was using poison adrena 276M-2 spinning rod today. Wanted something that I could really get some distance with smaller swim baits, underspins and Ned type baits.

@@davidrauschenbach6871 that’s the one i want for a long time but it’s on backorder. 😥😢

No! I like the Deamos.. I use it as my swimjig rod still.

No, not at all

@@PunchFishing okay good I got the MH!

Nope.. nobody knows.

I’ve heard from Ben at Hook Up Tackle that they are hoping to release it at Icast but they don’t know any details.

I cant wait hopefully they get rid of the tangle free guids add spiral wrap and all k fram guides and do a full cork grip option

And go with a matte black look

I actually have a broken one I've been sitting on because I heard it's terrible.

I broke my 7 3 extra heavy last summer. Sent it in and they replaced it for free. Took forever just got it back in March but it's my frog rod and I can't complain too much because it was free. The reason it took so long is because they changed some things on the expride line up

Fully agree!

I've never fished saltwater in my life so I'm the worst person to answer that question!

I believe there's a 2 piece version of this rod that's sold internationally. The US version is one piece

It shuts off fast! Bass will shake a jig real quick.

I've never owned a Zodias spinning rod so I can't comment. They seem quite nice though.

@@PunchFishing oh thanks!

Ive never seen an ALX in person. Id like to check one out eventually

Which 2??

@@Kirko_bangz Toadface is the 7'2" MH+ and they have a 7'1" Heavy Glass rod called the Rumble for chatterbaits

I'm not sure honestly, I havn't handled that rod.

I don't think St Croix has a $300ish rod that's comparable to the Expride. The Legend Tournament Bass series is pretty terrible IMHO, Expride blows it away. You can go higher up and grab Legend X (which are fantastic rods) or go down to Victory.

@@PunchFishing have you tried the new St Croix Victory line and how does it compare to the Avid?

@@RyanSmith-fb8rf he posted a review on the two victory rods he used

@@jamesh7469 just watched it recently that’s for the heads up

Texas rigged weightless for sure.

same here!

@@PunchFishing NRX is worlds better but at about twice the price. There’s not another sub $350 rod I like

People do seem to like those rods!

I'll probably grab a spinning rod once they are available.

such is life these days! lol

It's a killer swim jig rod!