Rainshadow RX6 MB846 - thoughts

Last year after wrapping and breaking yet another eye on my now 6'4 jigging/swimbait rod I had enough. I started looking for a new rod. Something light, physically light, durable construction, good backbone yet fast action, with a sensitive tip, and exclusively double footed guides. This rod does not exist... probably. At the time the closest I could find was the Harrier X, daiwa's update to the existing harrier line. 140 was more than I was willing to spend though, stock was terrible, and I really wanted split grips for some reason.

So I wrapped one. The RX6 MB846. A cardboard box and a bobbin got the job done. Nothing fancy all utility.



A beast of a jigging rod, lightweight to hold and a ton of lifting power. Personally too stiff of a tip for halibut imo. would have preferred a slightly softer tip for flatfish. The rod still caught fish, halibut to 20lb, stripers to 36", and lingcod to 36". The rod performed best for jigging lingcod, could pop a 4oz swimbait in 120ft of water easy, and the hooksets were pure dopamine.


Unfortunately due to the split grip the rod blank became worn down from being pulled in the back rod holder of the kayak. I was aware of the scratches but couldn't pinpoint what exactly they were from until it was too late. One final to heaven hookset on a ling and that was that. Lesson learned, no more split grips. At least I still have the eyes on the rod.


Now the real reason for this post. Those who have bought blanks online know how hard it is to guess exactly how a blank will perform based on its specs. Something I wish was standard was a demonstration of the flex of the blank, or a video of a fully wrapped blank in use. Hopefully this post will help someone looking to build this blank.

In left to right order the weights are 4oz, 12oz, 24oz. RDR MB846:

Believe it or not, but I can fix that if you're interested. That thing has some serious cajones!!

Mike