I recently received this rod as an extra bonus when purchasing an Ambassadeur reel. The rod is 10′ long and classified for lure weights of 20 to 60 grams. At first I was rather sceptical of this rod as it was a free bee. Could there really be such thing as a free lunch? I was rather sceptical, after some bad purchases in the past. But lets have a look at what I got. The rod features a trigger. Only natural as it came with [...]

See also: Hunting down the Ambassadeur 7000 I was looking for a new and heavier reel for my shore bait fishing. Already owning a near vintage Ambassadeur 6500 CS Rocket, the choice of another Ambassadeur for my surf rod was pretty much self evident. And it would have to be a 7000 size. But the choice of models was mind blowing. And not made better when in every online discussion forum, the Chinese made reels from Ambassadeur was blown off as inferior to the “Swedish [...]