Shimano Alivio CX Specimen Rod

Shimano Alivio CX Specimen Rod, The Alivio CX Specimen rod from Shimano is the perfect specimen fishing tool for all specimen scenarios. Featuring lightweight and responsive blank and finished with discrete carpy graphics, this rod looks as good as it feels. The blank itself is XT30 carbon, meaning it is supple and feather light. The guides on this rod are constructed from Shimano’s fantastic Hardlite material. Both hardwearing and lightweight, as the name suggests, Hardlite is a stainless steel base with an aluminium oxide coating. This makes it the perfect material for Shimano’s guides as it offers a perfect balance between strength and performance. The reel seat on this rod is Shimano’s DPS seat, which ensures that this rod will hold your top quality Shimano specimen reel perfectly in place no matter how violent a take or how vicious a battle you experience. This rod offers a test curve of 5.5lb, which makes it the perfect tool for spodding. With a three piece construction this rod is easy to fit into any holdall or tackle bag and will sit comfortably inside the boot of most cars. Shimano has been producing revolutionary fishing tackle, produced with an environmental ethos in mind, since 1970. Originally a fishing reel manufacturer, Shimano branched out into other areas of tackle early on in the brand’s life and is now one of the largest tackle companies in the world. Its global empire spans four continents and you’ll be hard pushed to find an angler who hasn’t fished with Shimano tackle at some point in their career. Committed to increasing the enjoyment of fishing, Shimano tackle is innovative and prolific. Shimano’s biggest investment in fishing has to be the manufacturing technologies that the brand employs and Shimano is the brand that sets the standards for others to meet. All the tackle in the Shimano range is built to exacting Japanese standards, including this Alivio CX rod.