Major Craft Finetail and Major Craft Nextino

From the successful trout rod Troutino, spawns the next trout rod simply naming it Majorcraft Nextino. Updates include K guides, thinner blank, wooden handle. Tigris was lucky to have NTA-662SUL in stock. Supposedly a "POND AREA Casting Point Strategy" rod, this rod was sampled using 1g OGK trout spoon and also 2G Smith PURE trout spoon in this "Shootout"

The Finetail. Will it be a replacement of the Nextino? or the Troutino? The concept is not very clear but what we know of is that Troutino reached it's end of life cycle and being replaced by Nextino. what makes the difference between the Finetail and the Nextino then? 

Woody elements everywhere. Fine cork, Fine wood, Fine hardwares

The dark Green blank of the FTS-562UL mountain stream model of the Finetail is a slightly stiffer rod. Compared to the AREA rod earlier mentioned (the Nextino), stream trout rods are slightly shorter and stiffer compared to Area rod mainly for the casting control for accuracy pinpointing while wading a river. The Finetail Stream versions come with a wooden handle with buckeye look further enhancing the looks of the ultralight rod.

Casting:

2 different leagues. The Area Nextino requires a little bit of pendulum movement before launching the lure using the rod's arc. Finetail does not. It shoots straight out like a medium saltwater flyrod.

Handling fish:

Again this was tested with different fishes. The Finetail got to enjoy some Barramundis up to 7kg. Setting hook was not easy on these fishes given the thick mouth. However if the lure is stuck nicely it just have the sufficient power to control these oversized match of the rod, never a chance to overpower the fish.

paired with 2000 sized and 1503 sized Daiwas

The Nextino on the other hand enjoyed one 6" Peacock Bass taking a 2G Smith Pure spoon. Since the spoon was taken straightaway there's not much of a hooksetting required but the whippy nature of the rod makes the fight just as what we locals desire about - reel screaming and rod bending. Definitely need more fishes to benchmark but I do think you get the idea pretty much right.

NTA-662SUL - RM410
FTS-562UL - RM534